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This7thvolumeintheArtefactsseries—acollaborationbetweentheSmithsonianInstitution,theDeutchesMuseum,andtheLondonScienceMuseum—looksatanumberofsignificantinstrumentsthatwerecreatedtoservevariousscientificpurposes.Thecontributorsexaminetherolestheseinstrumentsplayedbothasscientificdevicesdevelopedtoadvanceourknowledgeoftheworldandasculturalartifactsmanufacturedandusedinspecificsettings.