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2007
Book
Astronomers at work: A study of the replicability of 19th century astronomical practice
This book presents a detailed analysis of some highly significant astronomical instruments designed in the German states during the 19th century: Carl Steinheil's astronomical drawing-board, Karl Friedrich Zöllner's astro-photometer and Oswald Lohse's astro-camera. Based on these instruments, the author shows how, by rebuilding these instruments and practising with them, significant...Staubermann, Klaus
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2009
Book chapter
Instrument and Image: inside the Nineteenth Century scientific lantern slide
This 7th volume in the Artefacts series looks at a number of significant instruments that were created to serve various scientific purposes. The contributors examine the roles these instruments played both as scientific devices developed to advance our knowledge of the world and as cultural artifacts manufactured and used in...Staubermann, Klaus
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2011
Book
Reconstructions: recreating science and technology of the past
Historic reconstructions have become a decisive tool in the history of science and technology. The book brings together key studies of recently completed reconstruction projects.Staubermann, Klaus
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2012
Journal article
For the public, with the public, by the public – George Wilson and the Edinburgh Industrial University Museum
University museums have played a significant role in the development of science and engineering knowledge for a long time. The first professorship of technology at Edinburgh University was synonymous with the position of curator of the university’s newly founded Industrial Museum. The unique approach of George Wilson, who held the...Staubermann, Klaus
science, technology, public engagement, and university museum
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2007
Book chapter
Comments on Seventeenth Century Lenses and Projection.
Various attempts have been made to understand the role of the camera obscura in Renaissance painting. This study tries to understand the actual practice necessary to produce the image. Based on original artifacts as well as reconstructions I will first explore the functioning and making of the device, especially that...Staubermann, Klaus
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2011
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2015
Journal article
Popularizing Astronomy in Germany
Staubermann, Klaus
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2010
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2018
Journal article
Investigating vision - scientific instruments as historiographic tools for the understanding of the development and establishment of colour, perception and performance research at Edinburgh University, 1850–1950
This article draws a historic trajectory for the study of colour perception at Edinburgh University through the examination of three key pieces of scientific apparatus and their uses. It traces the development of colour, perception and skills research at Edinburgh University from the 1850s to 1950s. Starting point of the...Staubermann, Klaus
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2017
Journal article
Amateurastronomie in Schottland
Staubermann, Klaus
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2016
Journal article
On the NMS Masterplan
Staubermann, Klaus
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2009
Journal article
Geschichte erleben
Historic reconstructions have become a decisive tool in many areas of science and technology studies over the past few decades. In this article I present some highly significant scientific apparatus designed during the 19th century. I show how, by rebuilding these artefacts and practising with them, significant historical insights can...Staubermann, Klaus
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2008
Journal article
Technology and skill: dividing engines in the Nineteenth Century
Recent studies in the making of scientific knowledge have demonstrated that science and technology are mutually dependant on each other. One example here is the manufacture of scientific instruments. Both instrument makers’ tools and practices are essential for shaping the functioning of an instrument and thereby shaping later instrument users’...Staubermann, Klaus
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2016
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2010
Journal article
What machine tools can tell us about historic skills and knowledge.
This article aims to promote the study of skills and practices through the examination of historic machine tools. Machine tools in museum collections offer an ideal resource for the investigation of historic practices and their material cultures. National Museums Scotland holds a unique collection of historic machine tools and examples...Staubermann, Klaus
Lathes, Collections, Training, Practices, Museums, Machine tools , and Skills
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2016
Journal article
Making space for models: (re)representing engineering in Scotland’s national museum, 1854–present
The model-making practices and the role of engineering models on display within a British (and since 1999 Scottish) Government-funded, ‘national’, museum are examined. The changing curatorial perceptions of models and their role over the 160-year history of the Museum are analysed, as are the spaces in which, and the processes...Staubermann, Klaus ; Swinney, Geoffrey N
workshop practice, exhibition, curation, translation of scale, public engagement, and model-making