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Timekeeping - Brossura

Dale, Rodney

 
9780712302920: Timekeeping
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0712302921 ISBN 13: 9780712302920
Casa editrice: The British Library Publishing Division, 1992

Sinossi

A history of the measurement of time, from earliest attempts to atomic clocks. The book covers changing concepts of time; emergence of the calendar; sundials; water clocks; sandglasses; calibrated candles; water escapements; and pendulum, mechanical, electrical, quartz and atomic clocks.

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Product Description

Series; Discoveries and inventions. Physical description; 64 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Summary; Describes the changing ways of thinking about time, the emergence of the calendar, and the quest for a more accurate means of measuring time. A history of the measurement of time, from earliest attempts to atomic clocks. The book covers changing concepts of time; emergence of the calendar; sundials; water clocks; sandglasses; calibrated candles; water escapements; and pendulum, mechanical, electrical, quartz and atomic clocks. Subjects; Time - History. Clocks and watches - History. Time. Clocks and watches - History - Juvenile literature. Time - Juvenile literature. Time measurements - History. Clocks and watches - History. Timepieces: horology. Clocks - History. Clocks & chronometers ; Science ; History of science. Technology & Engineering / Manufacturing. Juvenile Non-fiction / Science & Nature / General. Science / History. Genre; Illustrated.

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Editore
The British Library Publishing Division
Data di pubblicazione
1992
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0712302921
ISBN 13 
9780712302920
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
64
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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