Timepieces: Masterpieces of Chronometry

	Author(s): Christianson, David Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd Format: Hardcover List Price:  $24.95
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Overview:
Over the centuries' clocks have slowly' methodically and inextricably come to regulate every aspect of our lives. Timepieces tells the history of clocks and how the pursuit of an ever better clock has had a remarkable influence on scientific and technological developments. The 800-year journey to a perfect clock involved the greatest thinkers' scientists and mechanical geniuses' including those who improved the accuracy of mechanical clocks to such a degree that sailors could successfully determine longitude. That advance alone resulted in an explosion of travel' commerce and political expansion that would change the world map.

Category: Clocks & Watches