Timepieces: Masterpieces of Chronometry - Hardcover

Christianson, David

 
9781552976548: Timepieces: Masterpieces of Chronometry
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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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Verlag
Firefly Books Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1552976548
ISBN 13 
9781552976548
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Anzahl der Seiten
160
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