TY  - BOOK
AU  - North,John David
TI  - God's clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time 
SN  - 1852855711
PY  - 2006///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Hambledon Continuum
KW  - Richard,
KW  - Clock and watch makers
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Biography
KW  - Astronomers
KW  - Time
KW  - fast
KW  - biography astronomical monumental/big specific oeuvre
KW  - Continuum
KW  - North John
KW  - St.Albans
KW  - Biographies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-423) and index
N2  - Clocks became common in late medieval Europe and the measurement of time began to rule everyday life. This work is a biography of England's greatest medieval scientist, a man who solved major practical and theoretical problems to build an extraordinary and pioneering astronomical and astrological clock
ER  -