title: Introduction: instruments in the history of science.
authors.affiliation: Rice University.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Helden
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hankins
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000266:history*; D006663:Historiography; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*