TY  - BOOK
AU  - James,Frank A.J.L.
ED  - Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology.
TI  - The Development of the laboratory: essays on the place of experiment in industrial civilization 
SN  - 0333483316
U1  - 333.9 JAM 20
PY  - 1989///
CY  - London
PB  - Macmillan press
KW  - Laboratories
KW  - History
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Research
N1  - "Most, but not all, of these papers were presented to a Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology three-day symposium held from 17 to 19 September 1986 under the title Laboratories: the Place of Experiment"--P. [xvi]; Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-254) and index; Humphry Davy / June Z. Fullmer -- The Lectureship in Chemistry and the Chemical Laboratory, University of Glasgow, 1747-1818 / David V. Fenby -- Amusement chests and portable laboratories / Brian Gee -- History in the laboratory / David Gooding -- The spirit of investigation / Lawrence Aronovitch -- J.J. Thomson and "Cavendish" physics / Isobel Falconer -- Astronomical observatories as practical space / Mari E.W. Williams -- The geopolitics and architectural design of a metrological laboratory / David Cahan -- Building England's first technical college / W.H. Brock -- Pragmatism in particle physics / Andrew Pickering -- Fermilab / Catherine Westfall -- The CERN beam-transport programme in the early 1960's / John Krige -- "Monsters" and colliders in 1961 / Dominique Pestre
ER  -