The Glass Bathyscaphe
Author | : Alan Macfarlane |
Publisher | : Profile Books(GB) |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2003 |
ISBN-10 | : 1861973942 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781861973948 |
Rating | : 4/5 (948 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Glass Bathyscaphe by : Alan Macfarlane
Download or read book The Glass Bathyscaphe written by Alan Macfarlane and published by Profile Books(GB). This book was released on 2003 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of glass prisms, lenses, mirrors, test-tubes and flat panes, from their discovery, through antiquity, the Enlightenment, the scientific and industrial revolutions, to the present day, as well as an absorbing story about the part that glass has