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material culture studies in order to analyse the Galton Whistle as a historical source. Her question is how the model can be utilized effectively in the history of science. Also looking from a perspective
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object and the evidences related to it. Through this operation some can be answered, like: what is it? Is it genuine? What are its physical characteristics? The second operation evaluates the object according [...] objects. Introduction A material culture approach (or material culture studies) to looking at an object is an interdisciplinary one, which draws on the fields of ethnography and anthropology. This approach [...] t changes and were constructed and sold by different instrument-makers during the 19th century. It is not the task of this essay to examine all the models of Camera Lucida. A complete review on the subject
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machine 775 from the Deutsches Museum in Munich The importance of Material Culture for modern research is constantly increasing. The following text shows on the example of an Atwood machine, which belongs
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inventory number 775 has a long history as part of the collection of Deutsches Museum. In the catalogue, it is identified as an Atwood Machine, and a plate on the instrument informs that it was constructed by Johann [...] Pendelrhythmus passt in das Bild, das (Schaffer 1994: 162) von Demonstrationsgeräten zeichnet: “It is concluded that much of the apparent authority of these devices relies on the gestures performed by [...] attention away from the workings LARA HARTUNG 6 of the machine and towards the philosophy which the machine is designed to demonstrate.” (Schaffer 1994: 162) Gleichzeitig ordnet er Atwoods Maschine als politisches
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columns and one foot is attached to the edge piece on the other side. No mechanism of attachment is visible. Notably, the cross- connection at the tip of the inclined steel rails is fixed to the rails with [...] interlocks with the vertical worm. The worm’s top is fixed to the disc. The disc’s edge has a slit all around in which a second identical-looking string is attached and partially wound up. This top string [...] the way through the piece of wood to which the second piece with the tenon is being attached. THERESE KIENEMUND 6 weights is defined by the grooves of the worm and the teeth of the gear. We had ex- pected
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30 Can Be Calculator, Computer, or Terminal“ (Spangler 1972b: 14) und führt weiter aus: „MODEL 9830A IS THE LATEST AND MOST POWERFUL CALCULATOR IN THE 9800 SERIES, Its keyboard design, programming language [...] sogenannte Tischrechner. Das Vorgängermodell vom Calculator 9830A stammt aus dem Jahr 1968: „The 9100A is now recognized throughout the industry as the first desktop computer. In December 2000, Wired Magazine
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produced the first stereo microscope on which the construction principle of modern stereo microscopes is still based on. The Deutsches Museum in Munich has such a microscope since 1912 in their collection:
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object that will be analysed is a Zündmaschine from the Deutsches Museum in Munich, where it is part of the Founding Collection (Gründungssammlung des Deutschen Museums) and it is identified by the inventory [...] Zündmaschine is not a scientific object in the strictest sense of the word, but can be considered as such since it is more than a tool or a decoration, it has a scientific value and it is a symbol of the [...] che”, hence, confirming that this record is referring to the same person as all the other documents. Unfortunately, there is no further information on his life, however, all these documents help reconstruct
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The Atwood Machine is a paradigmatic device in the history of Physics which served to demonstrate in an intuitive way to students and broader audiences the laws of motion. Its history is then intertwined
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screws doing the link between the box base and its cover. The length of the box is 18,59cm, the wide is 9,53 cm and the high is 7 cm. On the top of the box (cover) we can identify two labels. One orange with [...] different from what is advertised in the trade catalogue (see Fig. 4). Probably, during the use of the instrument, the front cover was lost and today the laser is uncovered. The laser in study is only accompanied [...] Laser Miguel Teixeira miguelteixeira@outlook.pt Material culture approach is a useful tool for historians of science. This essay is based on the analysis of a He-Ne laser produced between 1960s-1970s by