TY  - BOOK
AU  - Guye,Samuel
AU  - Michel,Henri
AU  - Devinoy,Pierre
AU  - Dolan,Diana
AU  - Mitchell,Samuel W.
TI  - Time & space: measuring instruments from the 15th to the 19th century 
PY  - 1971///
CY  - New York
PB  - Praeger Publishers
KW  - Clocks and watches
KW  - History
KW  - Astronomical instruments
KW  - Surveying
KW  - Instruments
KW  - timekeeping
KW  - Timekeeper (general)
KW  - Global
N1  - Translation of Mesures du temps et de l'espace; Includes index; Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Clocks and watches -- Introduction -- Monumental clocks -- The Gothic clock -- The Renaissance -- The seventeenth century -- The eighteenth century -- The marine chronometer -- Decorative clocks -- Part 2. Ancient measuring instruments -- Measuring instruments before the Renaissance -- Terrestrial and celestial globes -- Armillary spheres and planetaria -- Astrolabes -- Sundials -- Clepsydras and hour-glasses -- Topographical instruments -- Conclusion
N2  - "The problems of measuring time and space have occupied man's mind for centuries. This lavishly illustrated volume traces five hundred years of progress in the mechanics of determining distance and duration, together with changing fashions in form and style. The authors first examine the finest achievements of the European clockmakers' art and skill; they then turn their attention to scientific instruments for gauging spatial dimensions. The pieces described - which include the tower clocks of Venice and Berne, table clocks, pocket watches, clockmakers' jewels, astrolabes, planetariums, sundials, and hourglasses - have long fascinated specialists and collectors, who are now provided with a large body of extremely valuable information on these instruments that will interest scholar and general reader alike."--
ER  -