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Robert P. Multhauf
American historian of science and museum curator (1919–2004)
Robert P. Multhauf was an American historian of science, museum curator, director, scientific scholar, and author. He was the first PhD historian to work at the Smithsonian Institution, where he worked as a curator 1954–1987, serving as head curator (1957–1966) and then director (1966–1970) of the Museum of History and Technology. He also served as editor of the History of Science Society's journal Isis for fifteen years 1964–1978 and as the society's president 1979–1980. He was president of the Society for the History of Technology 1969–1970 and was awarded its Leonardo da Vinci Medal in 1987.
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Ebooks by Robert P. Multhauf

Development of Gravity Pendulums in the 19th Century: Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 34-44 On Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1966
Robert P. Multhauf

Mine Pumping in Agricola's Time and Later
Robert P. Multhauf

The Introduction of Self-Registering Meteorological Instruments
Robert P. Multhauf
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