Physical Sciences

(A rich collection of copper engravings and woodcuts, in which sundials and other astronomical instruments are shown.) By Georg Hartmann, has numerous illustrations of sixteenth century horological and astronomical instruments. In German.

Online resources for a class on the history of science, mostly focused on the development of physics.

A website from a past exhibit which showcased examples of the vast array of lavishly illustrated nonreligious manuscripts that were produced between 500-1500 A.D.

Reconstructs the museum, or "theatre of nature," of Ulisse Aldovrandini (1522-1605), presenting a significant selection of original objects and items.

An 1893 partial modernized translatio n of 'De Proprietat ibus rerum' by Bartholome w Anglicus.

Covers a wide range of topics, including the physical sciences, technology, and experimental archaeology in the SCA.

The Institute and Museum of the History of Science, in Florence, is one of the foremost internatio nal institutio ns in the history of science, combining a noted museum of scientific instrument s and an institute dedicated to the research, documentat ion and disseminat ion of the history of science in the broadest senses.

A series of engravings that bring to us the very clear representation of the crafts and technology of his time, and the relative importance which these discoveries and inventions had in the mind of a well-informed layman of the 16th century.

New Discoveries includes illustrations of: The Lodestone, The Magnet; The Astrolabe; America; Gunpowder; Printing Books; Iron Clocks; Guaiacum (a New World remedy for syphilis); Distillation; Silk, or the Silkworm; Stirrups, or Foot Rests; the Watermill; the Winged Mill (windmills); Olive Oil; Sugar; Oil Colors (oil-painting); Spectacles (eyeglasses); Longitudes of the Earth Found from the Deviation of the Magnet from the Pole; Polishing Armor; Engraving on Copper; and the travels & discoveries of Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Ferdinand Magellan.

Accurate, referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in western Europe during the Middle Ages.

A society to promote, popularise and contribute to the study of European, Islamic, and Asian technology and science of the Middle Ages.

Discussions about attitudes, beliefs, ways of thinking, religion, motives and reasoning, and the like of people in the Middle Ages.

Bound together in this volume are the Tractatus de Magnetate et Operationi bus eius (the 13th century letter on the magnet by Petrus Peregrinus ); a university handbook on the theory of numbers, proportion s and harmony; the seven signs of bad breeding; the seven signs of elegance; and household and medical recipes. Included is one of the oldest known surviving English mead recipes. The recipes from this manuscript have been transcribe d and can be viewed at this site.