The Time Museum, Volume I, Time Measuring Instruments; Part 3, Water-clocks, Sand-glasses, Fire-clocks book by A.J.Turner

A.J.Turner

ISBN 10: 0912947012 / ISBN 13: 9780912947013

Published by Time Museum, 1984

About this Item

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Each volume although part of the set is complete in itself with its own bibliography and index. A narrative history of the development of each class of instrument included in the collection has been pro-vided since no general synthesis of the history of time-measuring in struments seems to exist in English. These sections, therefore, may be read continuously as an introduction to the subject. Descriptions of individual items in the collection are arranged as nearly as pos sible in chronological order. Where there are several items of the same date, they are arranged in alphabetical order of the maker's name (if known) or that of the region of origin. Technical details are then given in the following order. (MP).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Time Museum, Volume I, Time Measuring Instruments; Part 3, Water-clocks, Sand-glasses, Fire-clocks book by A.J.Turner
• Publisher: Time Museum
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0912947012
• ISBN 13: 9780912947013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science and Technology

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Synopsis

Best reference work available about these little-known instruments of time measurement. A comprehensive history of each kind of timekeeper followed by an elaborately illustrated catalogue of 37 instruments. Full bibliography and index. 117 illustrations (40b/w, 55 full collor, 22 two-color drawings).

About the Author

After reading History at Oxford, Anthony Turner concentrated on research in the fields of early scientific instruments, clocks and watches, and the social history of science. He has worked in several museums in Great Britain and is the author of a number of books and articles including The Clockwork of the Heavens (1973); Scientific Instruments (1985); Science and Music in 18th century Bath (1977). When not engaged in historical research, he organizes eshibitions and is a partner in an antiquarian book business based in Greenwich, England. He has lived in France since 1979.