At the Sign of the Compass and Quadrant: The Life and Times of Anthony Lamb Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 74, Part 1)

by Silvio A. Bedini

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. A significant although little known figure in the history of early American science is Anthony Lamb, a maker of mathematical instruments who was active in NY from 1730 to 1784. He had been trained in a skill which was rare in his time even in England, and it was one which was virtually unknown in the American colonies in the early 18th cent. English-born and transported to Maryland as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422381951
• ISBN13: 9781422381953
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 84 Pages