Timekeeping (Discoveries & Inventions S.) - Softcover

Dale, Rodney

 
9780712302920: Timekeeping (Discoveries & Inventions S.)

Synopsis

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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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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9780195209686: Timekeeping (Discoveries and Inventions)

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ISBN 10:  0195209680 ISBN 13:  9780195209686
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1993
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