My own right time: an exploration of clockwork design
Auteur :
Woodward, Philip
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198565222
Date de publication :
7 sept. 1995
Dimensions :
25,3 x 19,5 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
546 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Precision mechanical clockwork is a corner of technology now overtaken by electronics. The history of the subject is one of science on a human scale. Tracing the author's own contribution to the subject, this study illuminates the human ingenuity employed in pursuit of perfect time-keeping.