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Scientific and Technical Periodicals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
David A. Kronick
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Description for Scientific and Technical Periodicals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Hardback. "..a valuable research tool with this comprehensive bibliographical listing of all scientific and technical periodicals published in Europe between 1665 and 1800..a personal name index and subject and institutional indexes make the volume an essential reference tool for scholars of the early modern period."-ISIS Num Pages: 352 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: DNF; GBCR; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
The scientific and technical periodicals of the 17th and 18th centuries are a primary source for the study of one of the most interesting periods in our intellectual history. The author has collected and collated titles and information regarding them from a large number of sources to construct an alphabetical list of 1,851 periodicals, including those issued by the scientific and learned societies of this period in all the countries of Europe and America, from 1665, when Philosophical Transactions made its first appearance, to the end of the eighteenth century.
The scientific and technical periodicals of the 17th and 18th centuries are a primary source for the study of one of the most interesting periods in our intellectual history. The author has collected and collated titles and information regarding them from a large number of sources to construct an alphabetical list of 1,851 periodicals, including those issued by the scientific and learned societies of this period in all the countries of Europe and America, from 1665, when Philosophical Transactions made its first appearance, to the end of the eighteenth century.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810824928
SKU
V9780810824928
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99-15
About David A. Kronick
David A. Kronik (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is a Fellow of the Medical Library Association. His History of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, which has boon widely cited, was published by Scarecrow in 1962 and revised in 1976. He directed several major medical libraries from 1950 until his retirement in 1984 as Director of the University of Texas Health Sciences Library ... Read more
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Wilson Library Bulletin
...an essential tool for historians of both science and technology and periodical publishing.
Library Association Record
...an important reference source...
AB Bookman's Weekly
... a valuable research tool with this comprehensive bibliographical listing of all scientific and ... Read more
Wilson Library Bulletin
...an essential tool for historians of both science and technology and periodical publishing.
Library Association Record
...an important reference source...
AB Bookman's Weekly
... a valuable research tool with this comprehensive bibliographical listing of all scientific and ... Read more