A catalogue of instruments and models in the possession of the American Philosophical Society. / Compiled by Robert P. Multhauf assisted by David Davies.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: NLM classification:
  • W 26 A512c 1961
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Q185 .A515 1961 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000056446

Includes bibliographical references.

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31560000056446 11579

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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