Measuring instruments: tools of knowledge and control
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1979
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| Beschreibung: | XVII, 512 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0906048192 |
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Autor: Sydenham, Peter H
Jahr: 1979
Contents
Page
Foreword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
1 Measurements for knowledge and control
1.1 What is a measurement? 1
1.2 Representing ideas 6
1.3 Models of the measurement process ?
1.4 Units, standards and scales 22
1.5 Measurement and the scientific method 26
1.6 Measurements as parameters of control 30
1.7 Measuring instrument sophistication as an expression of
degree of science applied 35
1 -8 Measurements and the body of knowledge 38
2 Science and technology of measuring instruments 42
2.1 The role of technology 42
2.2 The dual nature of machines 44
2.3 The importance of improving instrument performance 46
2.4 Instrument design 49
2.5 Innovation and invention 59
2.6 Availability of materials 66
2.7 Availability of processes and machines of manufacture 67
2.8 Availability and use of theories and principles 73
2.9 Instrument designers and builders 815
2.10 Development of the instrument industries ??
2.11 Observatories, laboratories and research institutions 122
2.12 Economic considerations: costs and benefits 131
3 Ancient times to Middle Ages: birth of the first instruments 142
3.1 Introductory remarks 142
3.2 Science at Alexandria 142
vii i Contents
3.3 The Dark Ages (c300-cl300 AD) 148
3.4 Renaissance - rebirth of learning and the arts
( 14th and 15th centuries) 151
3.5 Time interval and time of day 153
3.6 Weights and measures 165
3.7 Astronomy and surveying 189
3.8 The beginning of other instrumentation 209
4 Exerimental science becomes established: Middle Ages — 1800 AD 219
4.1 Emphasis on observation 219
4.2 First foundations of electricity 226
4.3 Further development of mechanics 246
4.4 Blossoming of optical instruments 262
4.5 Growth of the instrument range 274
4.6 Recording and registration 286
5 Growth of electrical methods: the 19th century 292
5.1 Expansion of measurement technique 292
5.2 Electrical method 297
5.3 Control and computation 341
5.4 Recording and registration 353
5.5 Optical instrumentation 367
5.6 Mechanics 376
5.7 Still more measurements 378
6 The first half of the 20th century: 1900-1950 389
6.1 Data galore 389
6.2 Electronic technique 394
6.3 Accurate mechanism and mathematics 418
6.4 Instrument systems emerge 422
6.5 Recording data 435
6.6 Further growth in sensing instrumentation 445
6.7 Measurement in the empirical sciences 451
Bibliography 456
Appendix I Biographies relevant to instrument history 482
Appendix 2 Collections containing instruments 486
Index
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