Open AccessMikrometr śrubowy Gottfrieda Kircha – historia, konstrukcja i upowszechnienie w 1. poł. XVIII w.
Author(s) -
Justyna Rogińska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-4020
pISSN - 0023-589X
DOI - 10.4467/0023589xkhnt.21.025.14186
Subject(s) - micrometer , german , philosophy , history , classics , art , art history , physics , optics , archaeology
Gottfried Kirch’s Screw Micrometer – Its History, Design and Dissemination in the First Half of the 18th CenturyGottfried Kirch (1639–1710) developed the screw micrometer to observe the occultation of οTauri by Saturn on January 7/17, 1679. The news about the instrument was not published immediately. The device was popularised by his calendar for 1696. The article presents preliminary findings concerning the dissemination of knowledge about this invention and responds to the claim that it was the most widely used micrometer in the German-speaking lands in the first half of the 18th century.