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词条 The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments
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  1. Nicholas Bion

     Bibliography 

  2. References

  3. Further reading

  4. External links

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| name = The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments
| title_orig = Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique
| translator = Edmund Stone
| image = Houghton FC7 B5222 Eg723s - Nicolas Bion.jpg
| caption = Illustration, labeled plate IX
| author = Nicholas Bion
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| country = France
| language = French
| series =
| subject = Mathematical instruments Early works to 1800
| genre =
| publisher = Paris
| pub_date = 1709
| english_pub_date = 1723
| media_type = Print
| pages = [8] p., 347 p., [5], [28] leaves of plates
| isbn =
| oclc = 48599327
| dewey =
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}}The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments ({{lang-fr|Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique}}) is a book by Nicholas Bion, first published in 1709. It was translated into English in 1723 by Edmund Stone.[2]

It was described as "the most famous book devoted to instruments" by historian of science David M. Knight.[3]

Nicholas Bion

Nicholas Bion ({{lang-fr|Nicolas Bion}} {{IPA-fr|bjɔ̃|}}; 1652–1733)[4] was a French instrument maker and author with workshops in Paris. He was king’s engineer for mathematical instruments. He died in Paris in 1733 aged 81.

Bibliography

Bion is author of the following:[4]

  • L'usage des Globes Célestes et Terrestres et des sphères suivant les differents systèmes du Monde (Amsterdam, 1700)
  • Usage des Astrolabes
  • Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique (Paris, 1709) [https://books.google.com/books?id=hCBsMtXEsx4C&dq= (online version)]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Stone_Edmund.html|title=Stone_Edmund biography|last=Craik|first=Alex D D|date=January 2004|work=MacTutor History of Mathematics archive|publisher=University of St Andrews Scotland|accessdate=2010-02-02}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Knight|first=David M.|authorlink=David M. Knight|title=Sources for the history of science 1660-1914|page=202|publisher=The Sources of History Ltd|year=1975|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqM5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA202|accessdate=2009-02-02}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism|last=Mottelay|first=Paul Fleury|year=2008|publisher=Read Books|isbn=1-4437-2844-6 |page=148|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vzti90Q8i0C&pg=PA148|accessdate=2009-02-02}}
[1][2][3]
}}

Further reading

  • {{cite encyclopedia

| last =
| first =
| title =
| encyclopedia = Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
| volume = 1
| pages =
| publisher = Charles Scribner's Sons
| location = Detroit
| year = 2008
| isbn = 978-0-684-31559-1
  • {{cite book|last=Kern|first=Ralf|title=Wissenschaftliche Instrumente in ihrer Zeit. Vom 15. – 19. Jahrhundert|publisher=Köln: König, Walther|year=2010|ISBN=978-3-86560-772-0}}

External links

  • Bell Book Collection at the Microsoft Cybermuseum
  • Portrait of Nicholas Bion
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