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Rittenhouse Journal

Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise. Co-published by The Antiquarian Scientist and Tesseract. Edited by Steven C. Turner of the Physical Sciences Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, mrc 627. The associate editor is James C. Day, Associate Professor of Physics at Transylvania University.

This Journal aims to increase and diffuse knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the United States and the Americas. The areas covered include mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes. The time period covered is from the 17th to the mid-20th century.

Articles concerning instruments, instrument makers or other aspects of the instrument enterprise and biographies should be sent to the editor. To subscribe or learn more about the Rittenhouse Journal please go to the Journal's website: http://www.rittenhousejournal.org