Elizabethan Instrument Makers. The Origins of the London Trade in Precision Instrument Making

book summary

The London trade in the sisteenth century. The craftsmen: Thomas Germini, Humfrey Cole, James Kynvyn, Augustine Ryther, Charles Whitwell, Elias Allen. Map, chart, and book engravers: Thoams Germini, Humfrey Cole, Augustine Ryther, Robert Beckit. The instruments: The compendium, the folding rule, the sector, the theodolite, gunnery table. Sir Robert Dudley: an exceptional patron: Ribert Dudley, Dudley's non-English instruments. The Catalogue: Advice to the reader, the instrument described. Appendix: The atribution of unsigned instruments. Bibliography.