A catalogue of instruments and models in the possession of the American Philosophical Society. / Compiled by Robert P. Multhauf assisted by David Davies.
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TextSeries: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 53.Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : American Philosophical Society, 1961Description: xi, 80 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: - still image
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- W 26 A512c 1961
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1961 Catalog of scientific apparatus in the collection of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Chapter X, covers timekeeping devices , 7 are described in detail (1. Rittenhouse astronomical clock [simple pine case, used in Rittennhouse's personal observatory in Norriton], two Duffield tall case clock (one a "Grandmother" model), Modified Clock, Iles sundial, Schissler refractive sundial [bowl shaped, to be filled with water, made 1578 Augsburg], CHinese tablet sundial). 26 illustrations, 7 on horology.
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