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_aBruton, Eric, _eauthor. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80037730 _97405 |
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_aHistory of clocks and watches. _lFrench |
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_aHistoire des horloges, montres et pendules / _cpar Eric Bruton ; [trad. et adapt.: Yvette Gogue]. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aHorloges, montres et pendules |
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_aParis : _bCELIV, _c1989. |
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_a288 pages : _billustrations, portraits ; _c30 cm |
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| 500 | _aTranslation of: The History of clocks and watches, published in 1979. | ||
| 520 | _aThe 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, | ||
| 546 | _aIn French, translated from the English. | ||
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| 590 | _aCoffee table book, anthology of timepieces | ||
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_aTime measurements _xHistory. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116545 _93850 |
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_aClocks and watches _xHistory. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101137 _97530 |
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