THE 20TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT SYMPOSIUM
15–19 October at Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (KVA)
(The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
and the Museum of Science & Technology, Stockholm.
Programme
MAY CHANGE!
SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER
| 18.00–20.00 |
Registration. Snacks and Refreshments |
Klubbvillan (The Club Villa) at KVA |
MONDAY 15 OCTOBER
Session 0 – Information and Setting – Beijersalen (the Beijer Hall) – Chair: Karl Grandin
| 09.00–10.00 |
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Registration and Coffee at KVA |
| 10.00 |
Tore Frängsmyr, Director of the Center for History of Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
Welcome & Something about the History of the Academy |
| 10.30 |
Jenny Beckman, Researcher at the Center |
The Science City |
| 11.00 |
Christina Halldén, Conservator at the Center |
Caring for the Instrument Collection at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| 11.30 |
Karl Grandin, Assistant Director of the Center |
Information about the programme during the week |
12.00–13.30 Lunch Buffet at the Club Villa
Session 1 – Museums – Beijer Hall – Chair: Jenny Beckman
| 13.30 |
Pasquale Tucci |
A Database of Ancient Astronomical Instruments |
| 14.00 |
Stephen Johnston |
Redisplaying the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford |
| 14.30 |
Jim Bennett |
Cosimo’s Cosmography, the Palazzo Veccio and the History of Museums |
15.00 Coffee and Fruit
Session 2 – Instruments Between Nations – Beijer Hall – Chair: Inga Elmqvist
| 15.30 |
Suzanne Débarbat |
Technical Exchange Between France and Sweden, XVIIIth–XIXth Centuries |
| 16.00 |
Olof Beckman |
Klingenstierna and the Achromatic Lens |
| 16.30 |
Eugene Rudd |
A New Apparatus for Measuring the Chromatic Aberration of Lenses |
| 17.00 |
Anita McConnell |
John Bird’s Work |
18.00 Buses to Observatoriemuseet (Observatory Museum) at the Old Stockholm Observatory. Buffet
TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER
At Tekniska museet (the Museum of Science & Technology), Stockholm. Sessions take place in the main lecture hall.
| 09.00 |
The museum opens |
Welcome! |
| 09.00–10.00 |
Mingle, refreshments, preparations |
Opportunity to look at some scientific instruments |
| 10.00 |
The Museum Director, Anne-Louise Kemdal |
Welcomes everybody |
Session 3 – Chair: Ove Halén
| 10.10 |
Ove Halén |
The Scientific Instruments and Laboratories of Alfred Nobel |
| 10.40 |
C. Randall Brooks |
The Carmichael Ultrabalance |
Coffee
Session 3 continues
| 11.30 |
Jane Insley |
Something in the Air – Instruments to Measure Air Pollution |
Special session 3 – Commemorating Polhem’s death 250 years ago
| 12.00 |
Michael Lindgren |
The Mechanical Alphabet and Pedgagogics of Christopher Polhem |
13.00–14.15 Lunch
14.15 Photo session – The SIC 2001 official photograph
Session 4 – Chair: Ove Halén
| 14.30 |
Kostas Nikolantonakis |
The Technology Museum of Thessaloniki |
| 15.00 |
Rajinder Singh |
The Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman, and his Musical Instruments |
| 15.30 |
Rand, B. Evans |
History of the Tachistoscope in Psychology |
Coffee
Session 4 continues
| 16.20 |
Szilvia Andrea Holló |
Adam Clark, William T. Clark and the Hungarians – The Chain Bridge in Budapest |
| 16.50 |
Allan A. Mills |
Mrs. Faraday´s Hat: Early History of the insulated Copper Wire Industry |
17.30 The Machine Hall is presented.
18.00 Dinner
20.00 Mingle, pub facilities
23.00 The museum closes
Practical information
The Museum is located at Museivägen 7. The best way to get there is to take bus 69 from the Central Station. Practical details will be dealt with on Monday 15th. Guides from the organising committee will meet you at both hotels to take you to Tekniska museet.
The Lecture Hall is located straight ahead from the museum entrance, across the Machine Hall and then to the right. Coffee will be served outside the Lecture Hall. The refreshments in the morning will be served near the entrance.
The Museum has copying machines for overheads, and it is possible to dock your portable computers for different displays on the main screen. If you need such preparations in advance, before the museum opens, Ove Halén, Curator of the collections at the museum will be available from 07.30 hours, direct mobile telephone 08–4505682.
WEDNESDAY 17 OCTOBER
Session 5a – Observatories I – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 09.00 |
Anthony Turner |
The Observatory and the Quadrant |
| 09.30 |
James Caplan |
Tracking Stories and Instruments of the Marseille Observatory |
| 10.00 |
Gerome Lamy |
The Toulouse Observatory and Its Instruments |
Session 5b – Museums & Education – Linnaeus Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 09.00 |
Silke Ackermann |
Folded Time – An Exceptional Astrolabe-Quadrant and the Role of Scientific Instruments in Museum Education |
| 09.30 |
George Vlahakis |
Eighteenth Century Scientific Laboratory for Educational Purposes: A Virtual Reconstruction |
| 10.00 |
Marv Bolt |
On the Use, Display and Classification of 7 Centuries of Planetarium Technologies |
10.30 Coffee
Session 6a – Observatories II – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 11.00 |
Laetitia Maison |
Historical Data for a Museology Project: The Case of the Ancient Astronomical Instruments at the Bourdeaux Observatory, France |
| 11.30 |
Françoise Le Guet Tully |
The Observatory of Algiers and Nice, a Historical Comparison |
| 12.00 |
Gudrun Wolfschmidt |
Instruments for German Astronomical Expeditions |
Session 6b – Education & Research – Linnaeus Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 11.00 |
Eji Nagata |
The Diffusion of Physics Experiment When the Science Education Started Certainly in Primary and Secondary Schools in Japan (in Meiji Era) |
| 11.30 |
Vladimir A. Schurow |
The Scientific Instruments of the Nizhny-Novgorod Radio Physics Scientific School |
| 12.00 |
Henning Schmidgren |
The Virtual Laboratory: Essays and Resources on the Experimentalization of Life, 1830–1930 |
12.30–13.30 Lunch Buffet at the Club Villa
Postersession – Outside the Linnaeus hall
Session 7a – Observatories III – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 14.00 |
Tatiana Moisseva |
The First Observatory of Russian Academy of Sciences in Kunstkammer: The Past and Future |
| 14.30 |
Eftymios Nicolaidis |
19th Century Instruments of the Observatory of Athens |
| 15.00 |
Björn R. Pettersen |
The Astronomical Instruments of the University Observatory in Oslo – Core Exhibits in a Future Museum of History of Science |
Session 7b – Latitude – Linnaeus Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 14.00 |
Lajos Bartha |
History of the Most Precise Method for Determining the Geographical Latitude |
| 14.30 |
Gloria Clifton |
The Origins of the Battenberg Course Indicator |
| 15.00 |
Mörzer Bruyns |
The Octant in the Netherlands in the Eighteenth Century: Introduction, Production and Diffusion |
15.30 Coffee and Fruit
Session 8a – Observatories IV – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 16.00 |
Rolf Willach |
The Wiesel Telescopes in the Castle of Skokloster and Their Historical Backgrounds |
| 16.30 |
Robert Warren |
Christie, Grubb & Stokes: The Correspondence For Building the 28" Refractor |
| 17.00 |
Carlo Triarico |
The Heritage of the Astronomical Observatory Founded by Marinoni in Wien |
Session 8b – Instrument Making – Linnaeus Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 16.00 |
Jørgen From Andersen |
Dumotiez – Large-Scale Supplier to Danish Physical Cabinets |
| 16.30 |
Mara Miniati |
Scientific Instruments Workshops in the XVIth Century, Florence |
| 17.00 |
Emily Winterburn |
William Herschel as an Instrument Maker |
18.00 Buses to Nobelmuseet (The Nobel Museum). Sandwich
THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER
Excursion day, outline
09.00 Buses from KVA to Uppsala
10.00 Museum Gustavianum (the University Museum)
12.00 Sandwich and beverages served at Museum Gustavianum
13.30 Buses from Uppsala to Skokloster Slott (Skokloster Castle)
14.30 Skokloster Castle
17.00 Boat (m/s Gustavsberg VII from 1912) to Stockholm, Symposium Banquet on Board. The boat also holds a bar.
22.00 Arrival in Stockholm
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER
Session 9a – The Scientist and His Instruments – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 09.30 |
Hans Nyman |
What Kind of Microscope Did Linnaeus Use in his Single Experiment in ”Mundis Invisibilis” from 1767? |
| 10.00 |
Shaw Kinsley |
Instruments in the Rapids: John Wesley Powell on the Colorado River |
Session 9b – Reconstruction & Conservation – Linnaeus Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 09.30 |
Sylvia Sumira |
2001: A different Space Odyssey – The Conservation of Globes |
| 10.00 |
Terje Bruntland |
The Reconstruction of Francis Hauksbee’s Rotating Globe |
10.30 Coffee
Session 10a – Three Instruments – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 11.00 |
Yaakov Zik |
The Telescope as a Scientific Instrument in the Beginning of the 17th Century |
| 11.30 |
Peter Wisse |
An Instrument for the Demonstration of a Non Existing Force |
| 12.00 |
Paul Zoller |
The Dipleidoscope: History, Theory and Practice |
Session 10b – Hydrodynamics – Linnaeus Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 11.00 |
Karen Mathilde Haugland |
Carl Anton Bjerknes (1825–1903) and his Hydrodynamic Apparatus |
| 11.30 |
Roland Wittje |
Bjerknes’ Hydrodynamic Analogies of Magnetism – A 20th Century Lecture Demonstration |
| 12.00 |
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12.30–14.00 Lunch Buffet at the Club Villa
Session 11 – The Image of the Instrument – Beijer Hall – Chair: to be announced
| 14.00 |
Inga Elmqvist |
Instruments as Attributes in 17th Century Art |
| 14.30 |
Anne van Helden |
Instruments as Indicators of Social Context |
| 15.00 |
Paolo Brenni |
Advertising Instruments in the 19th Century |
15.30 Coffee and fruit
Session 12 – SIC Plenary Session – Beijer Hall – Chair: Jim Bennett
| 16.00 |
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SIC Plenary Session |
18.00 Extra! Visit to Bernadottebiblioteket (the Bernadotte Library) at the Royal Palace, which has some interesting instruments.
(edited for placing on the SIC archive November 17, 2001)
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