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you.233

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Robert S. Whipple

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Whipple family; scientific instrument makers; history of

Title

Some Scientific Instrument Makers of the Eighteenth Century

Description

Article reprinted from the Journal of Scientific Instruments, has ‘with the author’s greetings’ noted on it and is initialled ‘R.W.’. Covers the social context that necessitated an improvement/increase in the invention of scientific instruments and discusses key makers John Marshall, Benjamin Martin, as well as George Adams and his son.
Donated by Ken and Naomi Young, descendant of Robert Whipple, in 2014.

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