Scientific credibility and technical standards in 19th and early 20th century Germany and Britain
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Scientific credibility and technical standards in 19th and early 20th century Germany and Britain
（Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology, v. 1996）
Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1996
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Scientific credibility and technical standards
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Hokkaido University, Library, Graduate School of Science, Faculty of Science and School of Science研究室
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ISBN 9780792342410
Description
The articles in this first volume of ARCHIMEDES explicitly and intentionally cross boundaries between science and technology, and they also illuminate one another. The first three contributions concern optics and industry in 19th century Germany; the fourth concerns electric standards in Germany during the same period; the last essay in the volume examines a curious development in the early history of wireless signalling that took place in England, and that has much to say about the establishment and enforcement of standard methods in a rapidly-developing technology that emerged out of a scientific effect. Historical work over the last few decades has shown that technology cannot be characterized simply, or even usually, as applied science. The beliefs, the devices, and the natural objects that are created or discovered by scientists, often play altogether minor roles in the construction of technologies. Taking this realization as a given, the essays in Scientific Credibility and Technical Standards effectively argue that we must now seek to go beyond it; we must also begin to think carefully about the role that science actually did play when it was explicitly deployed by technologists.
Table of Contents
Buying the dark lines of the solar spectrum: Joseph von Fraunhofer’s standard for the manufacture of optical glass.- Ernst Abbe, Carl Zeiss, and the transformation of microscopical optics.- The Zeiss Werke and the ultramicroscope: the creation of a scientific instrument in context.- Precision, tolerance, and consensus: local cultures in German and British resistance standards.- Syntony and credibility: John Ambrose Fleming, Guglielmo Marconi, and the Maskelyne affair.- Index of Names.
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: pbk ISBN 9780792347620
Description
The articles in this first volume of ARCHIMEDES explicitly and intentionally cross boundaries between science and technology, and they also illuminate one another. The first three contributions concern optics and industry in 19th century Germany; the fourth concerns electric standards in Germany during the same period; the last essay in the volume examines a curious development in the early history of wireless signalling that took place in England, and that has much to say about the establishment and enforcement of standard methods in a rapidly-developing technology that emerged out of a scientific effect. Historical work over the last few decades has shown that technology cannot be characterized simply, or even usually, as applied science. The beliefs, the devices, and the natural objects that are created or discovered by scientists, often play altogether minor roles in the construction of technologies. Taking this realization as a given, the essays in Scientific Credibility and Technical Standards effectively argue that we must now seek to go beyond it; we must also begin to think carefully about the role that science actually did play when it was explicitly deployed by technologists.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- J.Z. Buchwald. 1. Buying the Dark Lines of the Solar Spectrum: Joseph von Fraunhofer's Standard for the Manufacture of Optical Glass
- M.W. Jackson. 2. Ernst Abbe, Carl Zeiss, and the Transformation of Microscopical Optics
- S.M. Feffer. 3. The Zeiss Werke and the Ultramicroscope: the Creation of a Scientific Instrument in Context
- D. Cahan. 4. Precision, Tolerance, and Consensus: Local Cultures in German & British Resistance Standards
- K.M. Olesko. 5. Syntony and Credibility: John Ambrose Fleming, Guglielmo Marconi, and the Maskelyne Affair
- Sungook Hong.
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