Trade catalogs of scientific and industrial instruments, 1846-1943.

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Carl Zeiss (Firm). Trade catalogs of scientific and industrial instruments, 1846-1943.

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Trade catalogs of scientific and industrial instruments, 1846-1943.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122439771

Abstract

Trade catalogs, brochures, pamphlets of astronomical instruments, laboratory equipment, and other ephemera relating to scientific and industrial instruments.

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46 items (1 box) : ill.

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6713530

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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