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The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments
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<p><i>The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments</i> is a <a href="/facts/Book/Yylgt4AC">book</a> by Nicholas Bion, first <a href="/facts/Publish/7g01YeYG">published</a> in 1709. It was <a href="/facts/Translate/2foI82so">translated</a> into English in 1723 by <a href="/facts/Edmund_Stone/nYCpL1eg">Edmund Stone</a>. </p><p>The book describes ways to construct <a href="/facts/Mathematical_instrument/7cxLf4V9">mathematical instruments</a>. It was described as "the most famous book devoted to instruments" by <a href="/facts/History_of_science/pdBLPwP0">historian of science</a> <a href="/facts/David_M._Knight/VDskXsNH">David M. Knight</a>. </p>