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Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Scientific & musical instruments
This comprehensive, illustrated handbook is intended for collectors
of apothecary bottles and other pharmaceutical and medical
paraphernalia, covering artifacts likely to appear in North America
and the United Kingdom from early Colonial times through
approximately 1920. The book contains by far the largest compendium
of terms used on apothecary bottles and other wares, comprising
over 10,000 entries. Introductory materials provide instructions
for use of the compendium, a concise history of apothecary
containers and labels, and definitions and discussions of archaic
terms for apothecary processes, weights and measures, therapeutic
actions, and disease states. Appendices cover apothecary Latin,
alchemy and alchemical symbols, astrological symbols, bottle
manufacturers, and botanical terms. Illustrations are provided for
various types of bottles and containers, apothecary devices, and
for nearly 300 botanical species.
This book introduces the world of Bang & Olufsen, from their
futuristic audo and hi-fi systems to their elegant television sets
and attractive portable models, which have captivated enthusiasts
for the best part of four decades. The small Danish company has
striven to design items that have stood the test of time, being
both technologically innovative and stylish. As a result, their
products are amongst those rare things where both form and function
come together to create something truly magnificent, both to behold
and to listen to. Within the pages of this book, Tim and Nick
Jarman take the collector through every model produced by B&O
up to the year 2000, as well as providing comprehensive appendices
listing which model is compatible with which and giving tips on
restoration. Throughout the book you will find specially produced
original colour photographs of preserved B&O audio and
television equipment, complete with detail views so that you can
see every important control and styling feature and really get to
know each model. An invaluable book, whether you are looking for
just one special model or are assembling a large collection.
Over 500 crisp color photos display the wide range of cameras
produced from the earliest days of photography to the rise of the
digital age. The informative text provides a history of cameras,
organized into chapters by various camera types, including
snapshot, folding, rangefinder, single lens reflex, twin lens
reflex, stereo, panoramic, miniature, and spy cameras. Cameras
within each chapter are arranged chronologically to show the
development of the camera type. Every camera presented has earned
its place by meeting one or more of these criteria: it is a major
landmark; epitomizes a certain era; is rare or a prototype;
contains something different or unusual in the design; and/or is
especially weird or strange. Rounding out this engrossing guide are
a glossary of technical terms and an index. This book will be
enjoyed by camera collectors, photo historians, and all who have
ever captured life on film or in pixels.
The fountain pen as we know it today developed over thousands of
years, from the simple stylus used for cutting marks into clay
tablets, to the brush, through the reed, the quill, and the
steel-nib dip pen, and finally to the self-contained fountain pen.
The advent of electronic communication of the written word has
failed to dim the appeal of the fountain pen, and names such as
Parker, Waterman, and Sheaffer remain household names. Covering the
complete history of the fountain pen, this guide offers useful
advice on how to build a collection and where best to look for
fountain pens, from car trunk sales to the internet.
This text is a philosophical discourse of creativity and
conceptuality, both in theory and in practice. It brings together
the theories of some of the biggest western thinkers of all times,
from Descartes and Nietzsche to Baudrillard and Derrida, on one
common point, Nothingness and the Other. It aims to present
creativity through several different dimensions by bursting the
cultural bubble in order for the reader to gain a vantage point of
view from the outside. It tackles both the issues of creativity in
life as well as art, at the same time as it puts them into
practice. Visually, it contains part of a collection that is linked
to this text on all possible levels and should serve as examples.
The technical Drawings are also included in order to help you
follow through the entire process of their construction.
Graphically, it will demand that you read it from slightly
different angles and will force you to trace the words through
different pages in order to help you to add your own sense to it.
On the other hand, the book does not demand a reading in the strict
sense of the word. One single page could make you re-evaluate
everything. All I, the author, ask of you, is to make this book
your own. Use the white spaces to write on. Use it as a sketchbook,
use it to squash bugs, use it to level the dinning table. R.
Tavakoli
This adaptable instrument's origins date back centuries. Celtic
legends amuse us with mystical stories describing the creation of
stringed music, but practical history recounts that the modern
birth of the violin occurred in Italy as early as the sixteenth
century. The skilled craft of hand production was renowned in
France as well, but it is the British classic type and its history
that W. Meredith Morris writes about in British Violin Makers .
This classic, comprehensive reference to violin making, reprinted
in 1920, features a biographical dictionary of craftsmen, along
with many of their signatures and marks. Twenty-six photographs of
selected makers and their instruments help place the contemporary
reader in the style of the period. Reverend Morris's second edition
improves upon the first 1904 edition by adding more than 150 names
to the list of makers who produced six violins or more. A new
foreword by music scholar Benjamin Hebbert explains the important
role British violin makers played in the development of the
instrument. From Morris's narrative, one gets a feel for the
importance of the craftsman and his materials. He explains the
various types of wood and varnish used, and how they, along with
the arch and contour, work together to produce a specific tone.
Speaking with fervor, the way a wine connoisseur does when
describing a certain vintage, Morris compares and contrasts the
quality of British instruments to that of other nations.
This is the first book to combine museum-based conservation
techniques with practical instructions on the maintenance, repair,
adjustment, and tuning of virtually every type of historical
musical instrument. As one of the world's leading conservators of
musical instruments, Stewart Pollens gives practical advice on the
handling, storage, display and use of historic musical instruments
in museums and other settings, and provides technical information
on such wide-ranging subjects as acoustics, cleaning, climate
control, corrosion, disinfestation, conservation ethics, historic
stringing practice, measurement and historic metrology, retouching,
tuning historic temperaments, varnish and writing reports. There
are informative essays on the conservation of each of the major
musical instrument groups, the treatment of paper, textiles, wood
and metal, as well as historic techniques of wood and metalworking
as they apply to musical instrument making and repair. This is a
practical guide that includes equations, formulas, tables and
step-by-step instructions.
Old pocket watches are endlessly fascinating and collectable. This
book traces the history and development of the watch, concentrating
largely on the successful designs produced during the period
1750-1900. These pieces were made in large numbers and are thus
relatively easy to find, handle and own. With the aid of over 80
drawings and photographs, author Maxwell Cutmore shows how the
different movements work, and discusses the many efforts to improve
timekeeping over the years.
For collectors, this book provides a wealth of useful advice on
repairing, buying and selling watches, plus guidelines for
conducting simple research. They'll find plenty of hints on what to
look for and pitfalls to avoid, ensuring that modest resources are
wisely spent for hours of interest and enjoyment.
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