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	C. L. Berger, INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION. Ref: 0335 Published by Astragal. This is 1900 illustrated catalogue and handbook of engineers' and surveyors instruments of precision by the famous Boston maker. It also describes calibration and use. 255 x 178 mm. vi +218 pp. Illustrated with line drawings (1 fold-out plate). pb. Click image to see further details. . Price: £16.95


	Nicholas Bion, CONSTRUCTION & PRINCIPAL USES OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. Ref: 9315 Published by Astragal. A reprint of Edward Stone's translation of the 2nd edition of Bion's 1758 classic with additions by Stone which include English instruments and practices. There are descriptions, illustrations and explanations of all scientific instruments: the carpenter's joint rule, the Coggeshall rule, gauging rods, various slide rules, the Gunter scale, sectors, compasses, microscopes, telescopes, quadrants, micrometers, globes, orrerys, sun dials, waterclocks, surveying crosses, forestaffs and cross staffs, theodolites, levels and gunnery instruments. With a foreword by Robert Otnes. 305 x 229 mm. 400 pp. 30 full page plates. hb. Click image for further details. Price: £45.00


	Florian Cajori, A HISTORY OF THE LOGARITHMIC SLIDE RULE AND ALLIED INSTRUMENTS. Ref: 0183 Published by Astragal. Catalogues apart, for many years there was little information available on the slide rule other than this classic. This reprint also includes Cajori's 1920 work 'On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule, during the 17th century'. There is an introduction by Dr Robert K. Otnes, editor of the Journal of the Oughtred Society ISBN 1879335522 238 x 155 mm. 178 pp. Illustrated. Paperback. Click image to enlarge Price: £16.50


	Kenneth L. Cope, AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS: An Illustrated Directory of Patents. Ref: 9332 Published by Astragal. Over 1000 fully indexed and illustrated patents covering all American machinist's tools patented before 1905 and all the important ones between 1906 and 1916. 177 x 257 mm. 424pp. 1000 line drawings. pb. Click image for further details. Price: £19.95


	Kenneth L. Cope, MAKERS OF AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS. Ref: 9334 Published by Astragal Press. Directory of 350 companies that produced levels, protractors, bevels, callipers, dividers, trammels, surface and marking gauges, speed indicators, rules and tool chests. Descriptions plus 100s of illustrations. 254 x 178 mm. 320 pp. 600 line illustrations. pb. Click image to enlarge. Price: £19.50


	Kenneth L. Cope, MORE MAKERS OF AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS. Ref: 9333 Published by Astragal. 100s of additional makers to add to Cope's two other books on this subject and new material on the five major makers: Browne & Sharpe, Sawyer, Standard Tools, L. S. Starrett and Stevens. New makers listed include Ames, Alfred Baker, George Bates, G. L. Chamberlain, Lindquist, Washburn, Hubbard & Curtis and Adolph Heydrich. 255 x 180 mm. 165 pp. Illustrated throughout. pb. Click image for further details. Price: £15.95


	W. & L. E. Gurley, MANUAL OF AMERICAN ENGINEERS & SURVEYORS INSTRUMENTS. Ref: 0182 Published by RA. Reprint of the 21st catalogue (1874) with the price list and with instructions on how to calibrate Gurley instruments ISBN 1879335344 215 x 138 mm. 225 pp. Illustrated. Paperback. Click image to enlarge Price: £15.95


	Alan Gurney, COMPASS, The Story of Exploration and Innovation. Ref: 9338 Published by Norton. This the story of what was the sole navigation instrument for a 1000 years.In 21 short chapters the author tells the story of history, events, adventure, people and topics to do with the compass. Notes and bibliography. "Gurney's Compass which looks as if it might do for magentic North what Longitude did for longitude." (The Times). 250 x 135 mm. 320 pp. 9 b&w illustrations, Click image for further details. Price: £17.99


	Peter M.Hopp, SLIDE RULES, Their History, Models & Makers. Ref: 9318 Published by Astragal. Covering the period from the instrument's invention in the early 17th century to the present day. All information on models, designs and manufacturers is cross-referenced. In all, several thousand slide rule descriptions are catalogued, and 400 designs and 750 makers are listed with 500 patents worldwide (UK, US, European and Japanese) including dates and locations. The book gives a history of the slide rule and biographies of some of the influential figures in its design, also descriptions of scales and gauge marks. There is a section on the care and restoration of slide rules, a glossary of terms used, 8 appendixes and 18 tables presenting information formatted to aid in the assimilation of the enormous amount of information presented. The comprehensive bibliography lists almost 700 books and articles. 280 x 215 mm. 318 pp. IIlustrated throughout. pb. Click image for further details. Price: £24.95


	Robert Riddell, THE SLIDE RULE Simplified, Explained and Illustrated for the Mechanical Trades. Ref: 9004 Published byThe Astgragal Press Reprinted from the 1881 edition, which dealt with the use of the first standard slide rule made in the United States: a Mannheim-type made by Stephens Co. The book was aimed primarily at carpenters and joiners and contains a wealth of information from making the calculations necessary for the construction of circular porcto calculating the wages owed. The plates illustrate various geometric and trigonometric calculations used in construction. 255 x 175 mm. iv + 78 pp. 32 plates of b&w illustrations. pb. Click image to enlarge. Price: £10.95


	Andrew Robinson, THE STORY OF MEASUREMENT. Ref: 9341 Published by Thames & Hudson. A fully illustrated guide to all things measurable: length, area, volume, angle, weight, language and time. The book shows the ideas behind units of measurement and measuring instruments and how they are applied. It spans all cultures with a very wide selection of illustrations and covering a vast array of subjects: from the earliest currency to the birth of the metre. Part history and part science it explores everything measurable from the force of hurricanes to air pressure, radio activity and music and shows devices such as the plumb bob shown on Egyptian tombs to the Hubble space telescope. 254 x 192 mm. 224 pp. 334 illustrations with 153 in colour. hb. Jacketed. Click image for further details. Price: £19.95


	Don Rosebrook, AMERICAN LEVELS AND THEIR MAKERS Vol I, New England. Ref: 0181 Published by Astragal. This does for levels what Roger Smith's books have done for metal planes and Lamond's book for spokeshaves. Starting with the earliest known level maker in 1743 it proceeds through the mid-20th century, and Dr Rosebrook provides the historical background and a full description of each maker's products together with an indication of the level's rarity. Over 1700 patents were researched for this book, and many of the 100s of photographs were taken from the author's collection of over 1000 levels. The book contains an extensive section on the Stanley Rule & Level Co., the development of the Stratton Level Co., and Goodell-Pratt and Millers Falls, Starrett, Chapin and a listing of some 80 other companies and individuals ISBN 1879335905 280 x 210 mm. xii + 284 pp. Over 500 illustrations including 84 colour photographs. Hardback. Click image to enlarge Price: £45.00


	Don Rosebrook, AMERICAN LEVELS PATENTS Illustrated and Explained. Vol I, New England. Ref: 9336 Published by Astragal. Companion to American Levels and Their Makers, Vol I. 210 patents are pictured with explanations which are keyed to the patent drawings. They illustrate the major contributions of Davis, Traut, Stratton and Starrett among others. Each patent is triply indexed by date, patentee and category. 255 x 180 mm. viii + 244 pp. 100s of line illustrations. pb. Click image for further details. Price: £18.95


	IJ. Schuitema & H. van Herwijnen, CALCULATING ON THE SLIDE RULE. Ref: 9343 Published by Astragal. An overview of slide rule collecting by the man with one of the largest of collections in the world with details of the many different kinds of slide rule that exist. Accompanying the book is a CD with an enormous number of colour photographs of different slide rules taken from all angles and accompanied by a description of each one. There are many unusual uses for specialised rules here. 280 x 217 mm. 208pp. 100s of illustrations and a CD. pb. Click image for further information. Price: £18.50


	R. Shepherd/D. Von Jezierski, SLIDE RULES, A Journey Through Three Centuries. Ref: 0180 Published by Astragal. Published in Germany in 1977, this English translation and Hopp's work are the first major books on the history of the slide rule since Cajori's in the early part of the 20th century. The author traces the history of the rule from the17th century through its highest point in the 19th and 20th centuries to its sudden demise in the 1970s. The author discusses various slide rule components, manufacturing processes and the history of the manufacturers and their products ISBN 1879335948 280 x 215 mm. 136 pp. Illustrated with b&w drawings and photographs throughout. Paperback. Click image to enlarge Price: £18.50


	Gerald Le Turner, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 1500 - 1900. Ref: 9337 Published by Philip Wilson. An Introduction. This book describes and illustrates a variety of instruments made from brass, ivory and wood used in all aspects of scientific activity: Astonomical, and time telling devices; Navigational aids; Surveying; Drawing and calculating; Optical; Philosophical and medical instruments. Practical advice on dealing with instruments and how to check their authenticity. Written by a Professor of Imperial College and President of the Scientific Instrument Society. 245 x 184 mm. 144 pp. 100 colour and 20 b&w photographic illustrations. hb. Click image for further details. Price: £19.95

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