Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution Plots It contributes to present debates

It contributes to present debates on nationalism

including criminology

the work illustrates how a variety of apparently unrelated representation issues can

But the heated temper of war quickly unleashed coercion on an unprecedented scale

traditionally labelled 'societies with slaves'

Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution Plots It contributes to present debatesAt the start of the Industrial Revolution, it appeared that most scientific instruments were made and sold in London, but by the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, a number of provincial firms had the self confidence to exhibit their products in London to an international audience. How had this change come about, and why? This book looks at the four main, and two lesser, English centres known for instrument production outside the capital: