Download or read book Important Watches Wristwatches Clocks and Scientific Instruments written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A General History of Horology written by Turner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A General History of Horology describes instruments used for the finding and measurement of time from Antiquity to the 21st century. In geographical scope it ranges from East Asia to the Americas. The instruments described are set in their technical and social contexts, and there is also discussion of the literature, the historiography and the collecting of the subject. The book features the use of case studies to represent larger topics that cannot be completely covered in a single book. The international body of authors have endeavoured to offer a fully world-wide survey accessible to students, historians, collectors, and the general reader, based on a firm understanding of the technical basis of the subject. At the same time as the work offers a synthesis of current knowledge of the subject, it also incorporates the results of some fundamamental, new and original research.

Download or read book Giuseppe Campani Inventor Romae an Uncommon Genius written by Silvio Bedini and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giuseppe Campani, “Inventor Romae,” an Uncommon Genius offers an account of the life and creations of the most talented maker of optic lenses, silent clocks and projector clocks of the second half of the seventeenth century but also provides you with unique insights into the scientific and technological landscape of baroque Rome and its links to a broader European scene.

Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogues of Sales written by Sotheby's (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1994-07-28 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution written by A.D. Morrison-Low and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the Industrial Revolution, it appeared that most scientific instruments were made and sold in London, but by the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, a number of provincial firms had the self-confidence to exhibit their products in London to an international audience. How had this change come about, and why? This book looks at the four main, and two lesser, English centres known for instrument production outside the capital: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, along with the older population centres in Bristol and York. Making wide use of new sources, Dr Morrison-Low, curator of history of science at the National Museums of Scotland, charts the growth of these centres and provides a characterisation of their products. New information is provided on aspects of the trade, especially marketing techniques, sources of materials, tools and customer relationships. From contemporary evidence, she argues that the principal output of the provincial trade (with some notable exceptions) must have been into the London marketplace, anonymously, and at the cheaper end of the market. She also discusses the structure and organization of the provincial trade, and looks at the impact of new technology imported from other closely-allied trades. By virtue of its approach and subject matter the book considers aspects of economic and business history, gender and the family, the history of science and technology, material culture, and patterns of migration. It contains a myriad of stories of families and firms, of entrepreneurs and customers, and of organizations and arms of government. In bringing together this wide range of interests, Dr Morrison-Low enables us to appreciate how central the making, selling and distribution of scientific instruments was for the Industrial Revolution.

Download or read book European Clocks and Watches in The Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Clare Vincent and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the world's greatest technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time The Metropolitan Museum of Art's unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the late Renaissance through the nineteenth century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases fifty-four clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each represented with an in-depth description and new photography of the exterior and the inner mechanisms. Among these masterpieces is an ornate sixteenth-century celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars; an eighteenth-century longcase clock by David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities of the day; and a nineteenth-century watch featuring a penetrating portrait of Czar Nicholas I of Russia. Created by the best craftsmen in Austria, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, these magnificent timepieces have been selected for their remarkable beauty and design, as well as their sophisticated mechanics. Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological marvels.

Download or read book Fine English Furniture written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Mechanic and World of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society written by American Musical Instrument Society and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue Subscriptions and Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Exports written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Antiquarian Horology and the Proceedings of the Antiquarian Horological Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Mechanic and Mirror of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chambers s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Chamber s Journal of Popular Literature Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: