1 A Fresh Look at Instrumentation: An Introduction. - Research-Technology. - A Specific Kind of Instrumentation. - The Book. - I Origins of the Research-Technology Community. - 2 From Theodolite to Spectral Apparatus: Joseph von Fraunhofer and the Invention of a German Optical Research-Technology. - 3 The Research-Technology Matrix: German Origins 18601900. - II Interstitial Worlds. - 4 Displacing Radioactivity. - 5 Strange Cooperations: The U. S. Research-Technology Perspective 19001955. - 6 Mediating Between Plant Science and Plant Breeding: The Role of Research-Technology. - III Purviews of Generic Instruments. - 7 In Search of Space: Fourier Spectroscopy 19501970. - 8 Putting Isotopes to Work: Liquid Scintillation Counters 19501970. - 9 Making Mice and Other Devices: The Dynamics of Instrumentation in American Biomedical Research (19301960). - IV Standardized Languages. - 10 From Dynamometers to Simulations: Transforming Brake Testing Technology Into Antilock Braking Systems. - 11 From the Laboratory to the Market: The Metrological Arenas of Research-Technology. - In Conclusion. - 12 Research-Technology in Historical Perspective: An Attempt at Reconstruction. - Bibliography of Selected References. - List of Contributors. - Bibliographical Notes on Contributors. - Author Index. Language: English