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SIS Bulletin Issue 77
Scientific Instrument Society Bulletin June No. 77 2003 Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society ISSN 0956-8271 For Table of Contents, see back cover President Gerard Turner Vice-President Howard Dawes Honary Committee Gloria Clifton, Chairman Alexander Crum Ewing, Secretary Simon Cheifetz,Treasurer Willem Hackmann, Editor Peter de Clercq, Meetings Secretary Ron Bristow Tom Lamb Tom Newth Alan Stimpson Sylvia Sumira Trevor Waterman Membership and Administrative matters The Executive Officer (Wg Cdr Geoffrey Bennett) 31 High Street Stanford in the Vale Tel: 01367 710223 Faringdon Fax: 01367 718963 Oxon SN7 8LH e-mail: [email protected] See outside back cover for information on membership Editorial Matters Dr.Willem Hackmann Sycamore House The PLaying Close Tel: 01608 811110 Charlbury Fax: 01608 811971 Oxon OX7 3QP e-mail: [email protected] Society’s Website www.sis.org.uk Advertising See “summary of Advertising Services’ panel elsewhere in this Bulletin. Further enquiries to the Executive Officer, Design and printing Jane Bigos Graphic Design 95 Newland Mill Tel: 01993 209224 Witney Fax: 01993 209255 Oxon OX28 3SZ e-mail: [email protected] Printed by The Flying Press Ltd,Witney The Scientific Instrument Society is Registered Charity No. 326733 © The Scientific Instrument Society 2003 Editorial Spring Time September issue.I am still interested to hear which this time will be published elec- I am off to the States in early June for three from other readers whether they think this tronically on our website.He has been very weeks so had to make sure that this issue project a good idea. industrious on our behalf. -
Artisanal Skills, Watchmaking, and the Industrial Revolution: Prescot and Beyond
A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Cummins, Neil; Ó Gráda, Cormac Working Paper Artisanal skills, watchmaking, and the Industrial Revolution: Prescot and beyond Working Paper Series, No. WP19/24 Provided in Cooperation with: UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin (UCD) Suggested Citation: Cummins, Neil; Ó Gráda, Cormac (2019) : Artisanal skills, watchmaking, and the Industrial Revolution: Prescot and beyond, Working Paper Series, No. WP19/24, University College Dublin, UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/228172 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle You are not to copy documents for public or commercial Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, If the documents have been made available under an Open gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen -
This Clock Is a Rather Curious the Movement Is That of a a Combination
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Free-State Rifle,” Which He Used During the 1856 Battle of Hickory Point
In 1908 Samuel J. Reader aims and fires his “free-state rifle,” which he used during the 1856 Battle of Hickory Point. His weapon is a full-stock Pennsylvania rifle. 30 KANSAS HISTORY Plows and Bibles, Rifles and Revolvers Guns in Kansas Territory by Dale E. Watts uns were among the most important tools used in territorial Kansas. Plows turned the soil, axes cleared away trees and shaped them into useable forms, saws produced finished lumber, and guns provided food, recre- ation, and the means of controlling humans and animals. Of course guns also carried a special symbolic meaning in the turmoil of Bleeding Kansas. Violence played a relatively small role in this turbulence. No solid evidence exists to show that large numbers of people were killed because of political disagreements. GLand disputes, robberies, and accidents were more deadly than questions of politics or slavery. In general, settlers were not fanatical in their attitudes toward slavery but rather were focused on such mundane matters as land acquisition, town development, 1 and bringing their cultures to the West. This fact was well expressed by Charles B. Lines of Wabaunsee, the “Bible and Rifle” colony of which so much has been made, when he wrote to his hometown newspaper in Connecticut on May 2, 1856: Dale E. Watts holds master’s degrees in historical museum administration from Cooperstown Graduate Programs, in gifted education from Emporia State University, and in U.S. History from the University of Kansas. He currently is the historic sites re- search manager at the Kansas State Historical Society. -
Stalin's Apologist; Great Fire Of
The Robert F. Cairo Book Collection Lot # #Bks Book Titles &/or Topics of Books on Shelf Author(s) in order of lot listing Loc. 1 14 Mask of Treachery; The Hollow Men; Who Tell the People; Breaking from Costello; Sykes; Greider; Shainback; the KGB; Stalin's Apologist; Great Fire of London; No More Heroes; The Taylor; Hanson; Gabriel; Kennon; Dailey & DR Twilight of Democracy; Soviet Strategic Deception; The Kinder, Gentlier Parker; Gutman; Sterling Military; The Terror Network 2 10 Wartime Washington; Southern Bivouac, vol 1-6 (1992), Diary of Edmund Ruffin, Laas vol 1-3 (1990) DR 3 30 Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, DR Series I: Vol. 1-27; Series II: Vol 1-3. (1987 reprint). (3 shelves) 4 127 Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I: vol 1-53 (1985 reprint); Series II: vol 1-8; Series III: Vol 1-5; Series IV: vol DR 1-3 plus Index. Vol Series #112 & 113 are missing (7 shelves) 5 15 Military & political subjects DR 6 15 Prescott's (1869 Ed): Conquest of Peru, vol 1-2; Biographical & Critical Miscellaneous; Conquest of Mexico vol 1-3; Ferdinand & Isabella vol 1-3; Phillip DR the Second vol 1-3; Robetson's Charles the Fifth vol 1-3 7 20 The Grand Failure; Profile of Deception; Dringk; Stolen Valor; The Leopard's Spots; An Enormous Crime; Great Houses of San Francisco; History of Food; God DR Men & Wine 8 30 Various subjects: History, Woodworking, American flag, warfare, flim & DR folklore. -
The Calculating Machines of Charles Babbage
The Little Engines that Could've: The Calculating Machines of Charle... http://robroy.dyndns.info/collier/ Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 The Little Engines that Could've: The Calculating Machines of Charles Babbage A thesis presented by Bruce Collier to The Department of History of Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of History of Science Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts August, 1970 Copyright reserved by the author. Preface Charles Babbage's invention of the computer is something like the weather. Everyone working with computers for the last two decades has been talking about it, but nothing has been done. Every historical introduction to a computer text contains a section on Babbage, often extensive; but they are all based on the quite scanty information about the Analytical Engine published during the nineteenth century. The immense amount of manuscript material concerning Babbage extant in England has remained essentially untouched. The one hoped for exception was Maboth Moseley's Irascible Genius (London, 1964). a full length biography of Babbage. Moseley consulted the Babbage correspondence at the British Museum and the unpublished biography of Babbage written by his friend Harry Wilmot Buxton; yet despite the fact that Moseley was the editor of a computer journal, she did not examine Babbage's notebooks and drawings, now in the Science Museum in South Kensington, and her book contains virtually nothing of interest on the Analytical Engine. On the whole, Irascible Genius is a good deal less interesting than Babbage's own volume of memoirs, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher (London, 1864), and it is no more balanced, and not very much more accurate. -
Federal Ammunition for Civil War Breechloading Carbines and Rifles
Federal Ammunition for Civil War Breechloading Carbines and Rifles Dean S. Thomas According to the "Statement of ordnance and ordnance stores purchased by the Ordnance Department from January 1, 1861, to June 30, 1866," the United States Army procured more than 427,000 assorted breechloading carbines and rifles during this period.' Additional quantities were purchased from the manufacturers by various Northern states, volunteer regiments, and individual soldiers. In all, more than twenty different brands found their way onto regimental ordnance returns, and each, with rare exception, required their own peculiar form of ammunition. Captain James G. Benton of the Ordnance Department described these weapons in his book, Ordnance and Gunney: The term "breech-loading" applies to those arms in which the charge is inserted into the bore through an opening in the pered by gas leakage at the breech joint-or lack of obtura- breech; and, as far as loading is concerned, the ramrod is tion. This fault was mechanically inherent in many early dispensed with. breechloaders, but was not successfully overcome until there The interior of the barrel of a breech-loading arm is were advances in cartridge-making technology. Although the divided into two distinct parts, viz., the bore proper, or space Hall breechloading flintlock rifle was adopted by the United through which the projectile moves under the influence of the States in 1819 (and a carbine in the 1830s), they did not have powder; and the chamber in which the charge is deposited. the merits of later weapons with metallic cartridge cases. The diameter of the chamber is usually made a little larger, and Most of the early advances in breechloading ammuni- that of the bore a little smaller, than that of the projectile; this tion were made in France. -
IEEM 101: Industrial Engineering and Modern Logistics
IEEM 101: Industrial Engineering and Modern Logistics A brief introduction to the course This course is designed to introduce students with no background in IELM to the basic engineering problems studied by Industrial Engineers (IE). In this preface, we briefly comment on (i) the definition of IE, (ii) the nature of engineering, and (iii) a few important historical events in the history and development of IE. At the end, we list the main topics that will be covered during this course. Definition (from the Institute of Industrial Engineers, or IIE): Industrial Engineering is concerned with the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, equipment, and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skills in the mathematical, physical, and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict, and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. This definition is fairly broad, but essentially: IE’s study systems and their performance. A system may be a machine that is cutting metal, or a set of trucks that are transporting goods to and from a factory, or a hospital that has staff looking after the needs of patients, etc. As in any engineering, the objectives are to design systems that work ‘better’ (e.g. faster, cheaper, improved quality of output, etc.) Science vs. Engineering Certainly, IE is a discipline of engineering. What is engineering ? The dictionary definition: The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems. -
19Th Century Carbine Manual.Indd
National Park Service Manual of Instruction for the Safe Use of Reproduction Breech-Loading Carbine and Rifl e in Interpretive Demonstrations TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Part I: Introduction 1 Part II: Nomenclature 5 Part III: Inspection and Maintenance 7 Part IV: Drill 10 Part V: Misfi re Procedures 27 Part VI: Laboratory 29 Part VII: Demonstration Critique 31 4 PART I - INTRODUCTION This manual sets forth the procedures that must be followed by persons demonstrating single-shot breechloading carbines and rifl es to the public in areas administered by the National Park Service (NPS). It also provides instruction on proper maintenance, inspection, and repair procedures. This manual must be used in conjunction with the service wide standards for Historic Weapons Firing Demonstrations (NPS-6 Guidelines for Interpretation). The information below largely comes from primary sources of the period during which the weapons described were used. Several generations of NPS historic weapons personnel have modifi ed these original texts in order to improve demonstrator and visitor safety, make the original texts more comprehensible and to incorporate knowledge gained from years of actually using these weapons in the fi eld. The Park’s Certifi ed Historic Weapons Program Supervisor is responsible for the training and safety of the demonstrators, as well as the safety of the visitors. The following criteria will help determine when a demonstrator has been adequately trained. 1 THE SHARPS CARBINE This manual mainly deals with the use and care of reproduction Model 1859 and Model 1863 Sharps carbines, which were the predominant carbine used during the American Civil War and are by far the most popular reprodction cavalry arm used today. -
P. G. Scheutz, Publicist, Author, Scientific Gineer—Biography And
238 p. g. scheutz and edvard scheutz I. Department: War Branch or Bureau: Ordnance Department Description of activity: A. Moore School of Electrical Engineering, Construction of an electronic digital machine ("EDVAC"). B. Institute for Advanced Study and RCA Labs., Princeton, N. J. Construction of an electronic digital machine (financed only in part by federal funds). C. National Bureau' of Standards, Washington, D, C, Long-range component development program. II. Department: Navy Branch or Bureau: Office of Naval Research Description of Activity: A. National Bureau of Standards, Construction of an electronic digital machine. B. Servomechanisms Lab., Mass, Institute of Technology, Construction of an electronic digital machine to be used in a large guided-missile flight simulator. III. Department: Navy Branch or Bureau: Bureau of Ordnance Description of Activity : A. Harvard Computation Lab., Research and preparation of specifications for an electronic digital machine. B. Naval Ordnance Lab., White Oaks, Md., Construction of an electronic digital machine, temporarily abandoned (Dec. 1946). IV. Department: Commerce Branch or Bureau: Bureau of the Census Description of Activity: National Bureau of Standards, Construction of an electronic digital machine. J. H. Curtiss National Bureau of Standards Editorial Note: Other projected digital machines, unaided in their construction by the U. S. Government, are being built by: (i) The Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. (ii) The University of California, Berkeley. (iii) The National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, England, under the direction of Dr. Alan M. Turing. The planned Automatic Computing Engine will work at the speed of the ENIAC or possibly somewhat higher, and will take advantage of new technical developments, making possible both a greater memory capacity and a higher degree of complexity in the instructions. -
Workmen, Professional and Amateur
. • • ~n lllustrateb Jllaga~int of ]prartirt ani) ~~tory FOR ALL WORKMEN, PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR. [ ...tll Rioltts 1'ese·J•t·ed.] VoL. I .-No. 15.] SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889. [ PmcE ONE PENNY. PIT-FR.!.ME FOR WHEEL M.A.KING. required to be straight and square, and also thick. These two pieces must be 6 ft. the l:'ides a little, but, if the top be all of 4 in. long, 7 in. wide, and 3 ~ in. thick ; BY PETER WILLIAMSO:K. one width, so much the better. two swords 2 ft. by 3 in. by 1} in. of In the first place we shall require two ash or oak ; four legs, 2t ft. high by 2~ in. A WHEEL-FRAME or pit is a necessity to a long lengths of ash or deal. If of ash, it square, also of oak or ash. These measure wheelwright's or coachbuilder's shop. How should be 2~ in. thick; if deal, 4 in. ments are just as I have measured, so that a wheeler could make a wheel without thi::; you must allow for sawing and planing. indispensable at·ticle it would not be easy Get your jack _plane and smooth the two to imagine. There are three differently large pieces at the top and sides, also your made frames, but all are nearly similar in swords. Then lay your large pieces or top appearanc~, the only difference being . th:e on your bench both together m a line, put way in wh1ch th.ey are fitte~ up. T~e pr~ml your swords upon the top, about 3 in. -
September 1999 No. 96 Ch N
Th Camp Hill meet ► 4 Henley Award ► S Falconer plane ► 14 About Whatsits ► 20 M-WTCA.ORG The Marion Henley Award Presented to Roger Smith at the Camp Hill, PA, meet. September 1999 No. 96 Ch N. 96 September, 1999 Copyright 1999 by Mid-West Tool Collectors Assodation, Inc. All rights reserved. From the President Editor Mary Lou Stover S76W19954 Prospect Dr. Muskego, WI 53150 The Harrisburg soon. And I took to Harrisburg a tracing Associate Editor Roger K. Smith (Camp Hill) meeting of a wrench that a friend had given me Contributing Editor Thomas Lamond is over, and we look to research. I wrote down everything Advertising Manager Paul Gorham forward to Stevens that Emery Goad told me about the THE GRISTMILL is the offi<.:ial publication of the Mitl-Wesl Tool Collectors Association, Inc. Published quarterly in March. June, Point. I remember wrench, and now my friend thinks I'm September anti December. The purpose of the association is lo promote the preservation, the delicious ribs the smartest guy in the world. I forced study and underslantling of ancient tools, implements and devices that were the of farm , home, industry and shop of the pioneers; also, lo study the myself not to take credit for it and told crafts in which these objects were use<.I an<.I the craftsmen who specialty of the my friend how much knowledge there used them; an<.I to share knowledge and un<.lerslanding with others, especially where it may benefit restoration, museums and like house the last time is in M-WTCA.