Bruton, Eric, <br/><br/>
Histoire des horloges, montres et pendules / 
 Horloges, montres et pendules 
par Eric Bruton ; [trad. et adapt.: Yvette Gogue]. 
 - 288 pages :  illustrations, portraits ;  30 cm 
<br/><br/> Translation of: The History of clocks and watches, published in 1979. 
<br/><br/> The measurement of time was one of man's earliest obsessions, and the desire for ever greater precision in time-keeping has inspired generations in the fields of mathematics and science. Equally, each advance has produced accompanying works of great craftsmanship that have turned objects of sober function into things of outstanding beauty. Eric Bruton traces the path of this development from the simple shepherd's dial made of clay, through the rush of horological activity that followed the invention of the pendulum in the mid-seventeenth century, to the perfection escapement developments that form the basic principles of the complex electronic circuitry of our clocks and watches today. Combining specially commissioned line drawings, magnificent color illustrations and a lucid, authoritative text, 
<br/><br/><br/>In French, translated from the English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9782731200232 2731200235 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Time measurements--History.<br/>Clocks and watches--History.<br/>Pendulum--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>History Anthology Timekeeper (general)