288 pages. Watchmaker Robert Garret's wife has died from a slow disease which destroyed the mind he loved before it destroyed her body. Now he will honour her by constr ucting a fitting memorial: a perfectly accurate timepiece. Can such a device eve.

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Title

The Horizontal Instrument: A Novel Of Love Memory And The Quest To Measure Time

Publisher

Corgi

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0385600313

ISBN 13

9780385600316

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

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Watchmaker Robert Garret's wife has died from a slow disease which destroyed the mind he loved before it destroyed her body. Now he will honour her by constructing a fitting memorial: a perfectly accurate timepiece. Can such a device ever exist?

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