Astronomical clock (154 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting.

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 55 pages, 30 x 21 cm, author's signature on front leaf, otherwise fine. - - Contents: A Most Unusual Clock. - 1. General Information: The City of Rostock. - The Church of St. Mary in Rostock. - The Astronomical Clock. - - 2. How to Read the Astronomical Clock: The Clock Disk. - The Calendar Disk. - Automaton and Music Work. - Further Design Elements. - The Clock's Inner Workings: The Invisible Part. - Time Span for Which the Calendar Data are Good. - On what day of the week was I born? - - 3. Time and Time Units: What is Time? - How to Measure Time. - Time Units for the Calendar. - The Dilemma of All Calendars. - Time Units for Partitioning of the Day. - - 4. The Development of Our Present Calendar: The Julian Calendar. - The Gregorian Calendar Reform. - Is there a More Accurate Way? - What About a Decimal System for Time? - Some Calendar Peculiarities. - Computation of the Date of Easter. - - 5. The Development of Clocks: Early Methods of Assessing Time. - Mechanical Clocks. - Electrons and Atoms. - Why Ever More Accuracy? - - 6. The Baltic Sea, The Hanseatic League, and a Master Clockmaker: The Hanseatic League. - The Urban Community. - The Clockmaker. - - 7. Reference Materials. Signatur des Verfassers.…

Zustand: New.

Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (cathedral strasbourg).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 12pp illustrated pamphlet.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Soft Cover. Zustand: vg+. 8.5" tall; 16pp + stiff card cover; stapled binding; glossy paper; color photos; black cover with color photos. A. Thiebaut, photos (illustrator). Paperback.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. THE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK OF THE CATHEDRAL OF STRASBOURG. HISTORY-DESCRIPTION-WORKING. Theodore Ungerer. Society d'Edition de la Base-Alsace. 1962. 43p. stapled paperback pamphlet, covers lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with sunning on the spine.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. Postcard in fine condition. Unmailed. Cards are sent in stiff mailers. Photo.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1965. Journals. Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Paper 35. pp. 29 - 76, very good paperback. 7/26 a/c.

paperback. Zustand: ACCEPTABLE. 75 clean, unmarked, tight pages with wrinkling at top inside corner and mild creasing at outside corner; penciled prices at upper Contents page; cover has light soiling and marks, tears and rubbing along spine, and mild creasing.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. With 12 pages, , illustrated, soft cover , no dust jacket, no markings, slightly marked o/w good condition, excellent value .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. (astronomical clocks, france, cathedrals) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers. Offprint. 11 pages.

Paper wrappers. First edition. 48 pp. Illus. with b/w engravings. 12mo. Includes engraving of John Ericsson's Hot-air driven ship. Sabin 34334n. Lacking wrappers, still a good copy with some soiling on the title page, small hole punch near upper corner, scattered foxing.

Zustand: New. In English.

Pamphlet. Zustand: Used - Good. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1964. Pages 29-76. Illustrated. Bibliography. 11 x 8.5", printed wrapper. Wrap rubbed, VG.

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good-. 76 pages, illustrated in b&w. "The history of the 18th century Borghesi astonomical clock is described here from contemporary source material. The evolution of its design by Father Francesco Borghesi and the building of the complex mechanism devised by the clockmaker, Bartolomeo Antonio Bertolla is a story of a vision of one man turned into reality by another." VERY GOOD- SOFTCOVER, some wear to edges of spine, else a nice clean tight copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…