Robert Stewart Whipple
Robert Stewart Whipple (1871-1953) was an author and collector of science books and scientific instruments. He amassed a unique collection of antique scientific instruments that he later donated to found the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in 1944.
Publications
- De* Renzi, Silvia Between the market and the academy: Robert S. Whipple (1871-1953) as a collector of science books. In: Medicine, mortality and the book trade.. Myers, Robin (Ed.); Harris, Michael (Ed.) Published: Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle (DE): Oak Knoll Press, 1998, p. 87-108
- Robert S Whipple (1930) Some scientific instrument makers of the eighteenth century. J. Sci. Instrum. 7 241-253
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Whipple, Robert Stewart |
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1871 |
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1953 |
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