Building scientific apparatus
by Moore, John H., John H. Moore, Christopher C. Davis, Michael A. Coplan, Sandra C. Greer, Christopher Davis, Sandra Greer · first published 1983
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"Unrivalled in its coverage and unique in its hands-on approach, this guide to the design and construction of scientific apparatus is essential reading for all scientists and students in the physical, chemical, and biological sciences, and engineering. Building Scientific Apparatus covers the physical principles governing the operation of the mechanical, optical, and electronic parts of an instrument. The skills required in the design process, such as mechanical drawing, circuit analysis, and optical ray-tracing and matrix methods, are explained in detail, and dedicated chapters deal with temp
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…human visual system and some basic math review: http://www.amazon.com/Geometric-Physical-Visual-Optics-2e/dp... For instrument design in general, these books are outstanding: http://www.amazon.com/Building-Scientific-Apparatus-John-Moo... http://www.amazon.com/Optical-System-Design-Second-Fischer/d... Of course, any understanding of spectroscopy should include some background of the physics behind what you're measuring. Any…
on “Public Lab DIY Spectrometry Kit” ↗Thank you! I have been looking for this book, I thumbed through a copy in a lab I visited. Another excellent book in the same vein is, "Building Scientific Apparatus" - http://www.amazon.com/Building-Scientific-Apparatus-John-Moo... the second edition can be had for a song.
on “What Books Could Be Used to Rebuild Civilization?” ↗…here but I think this should give you a rough idea of what I'm doing. I really dont think this stuff is hard as how it's made out to be. Here some resources that really have really helped out so far. -Building Scientific Apparatus a book that should give you a broad overview of things you need to know -vacuum sealing techniques alexander roth Extremely exhaustive in the amount of information of about, valves, and just general…
on “Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve?” ↗For any reader of this: if you understood apparatus in the scientific sense, there is a book titled "Building Scientific Apparatus" by Moore and Davis.
on “Ask HN: What would be a good sense making apparatus for the 21st century?” ↗