Teaching and Popularizing Science
Experimental Apparatus
In 18th-century physics cabinets the laws of mechanics were illustrated by numerous experimental devices, often elegantly crafted, for studying force, ...
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Simple and Complex Machines
Educational instruments for studying mechanics included models of simple machines, such as levers, screws, pulleys, winches, and inclined planes; and models ...
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Hydraulics and Pneumatics
The science of hydraulics was traditionally illustrated with working models of machines for lifting water, such as pumps, water wheels and Archimedean ...
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Electrodynamics and Electromagnetism
In the 19th century, to the numerous devices used to perform spectacular experiments in electrostatics, were added portable kits of instruments to illustrate ...
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Optical Instruments
Until the early 19th century lenses, mirrors and prisms had been used to demonstrate the optical phenomena of reflection, refraction and dispersion of ...