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Heavenly Clockwork The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China

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Genere:Libro
Lingua: Inglese
Pubblicazione: 12/2008
Edizione: Edizione rivisitata, 2° edizione





Note Editore

A reissue with a foreword and supplement, of a modern classic published in 1960. The invention of the mechanical clock was one of the most important turning points in the history of science and technology. This study revealed six centuries of mechanical clockwork preceding the first mechanical escapement clocks of the West of about AD 1300. Detailed and fully illustrated accounts of elaborate Chinese clocks are accompanied by a discussion of the social context of the Chinese inventions and an assessment of their possible transmission to medieval Europe. For this revised edition, Dr Joseph Needham has contributed a new foreword on recent research and perceptions. In a supplement John H. Combridge details a modern reconstruction of Su Sung's timekeeping device, which together with textual studies modifies our understanding of this important early technology.




Sommario

1. Biography of Su Sung; 2. Transmission of the Text of Su Sung's Book; 3. Su Sung's Memorial to the Emperor Che Tsung; 4. Translation of Su Sung's Third Chapter; 5. Explanation of Su Sung's Clockwork; 6. Historical Background of Su Sung's Clock; 7. The Development of Clockwork after Su Sung; 8. The context of the Inventions; 9. General History and Transmission of Astronomical Clocks.




Prefazione

A reissue with a foreword and supplement, of a modern classic published in 1960. The invention of the mechanical clock was one of the most important turning points in the history of science and technology. This study revealed six centuries of mechanical clockwork preceding the first mechanical escapement clocks of the West of about AD 1300.










Altre Informazioni

ISBN:

9780521087162

Condizione: Nuovo
Dimensioni: 246 x 17 x 189 mm Ø 580 gr
Formato: Brossura
Pagine Arabe: 324


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