Timepieces: Masterpieces of Chronometry - Hardcover

Christianson, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1552976548 ISBN 13: 9781552976548

Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Over the centuries, clocks have slowly, methodically and inextricably come to regulate every aspect of our lives. Timepieces tells the history of clocks and how the pursuit of an ever better clock has had a remarkable influence on scientific and technological developments. The 800-year journey to a perfect clock involved the greatest thinkers, scientists and mechanical geniuses, including those who improved the accuracy of mechanical clocks to such a degree that sailors could successfully determine longitude. That advance alone resulted in an explosion of travel, commerce and political expansion that would change the world map.

Tracing the history of "the key machine of the modern industrial age" is a remarkable way to trace the histories of technology and society. Each chapter focuses on one era of the clock's growth:

The Celestial Clock
A Call to Prayer
The Priceless Possession of a Few
From Tabletop to Waistcoat and Beyond
The Craft Era in Watchmaking
The Industrial Revolution
Swiss Watchmaking
The Standardization of Time
The Quartz Revolution

Illustrated with beautiful artworks and photographs from museums and clock collections, Timepieces is a thorough and attractive historical survey.

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David Christianson is a renowned horological historian and has been a certified Master Watchmaker for 25 years. He is a past president of the American Watchmakers and Clockmakers Institute, where he teaches clock and watch restoration, and is a Fellow of the British Horological Institute, and also writes for Professional Jeweler magazine and Horological Times.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Firefly Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1552976548
• ISBN 13: 9781552976548
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
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