The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology
by Silvio A. Bedini
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About this eBook
- Author
- Bedini, Silvio A., 1917-2007
- Title
- The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Louise Pattison, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Q: Science
- Subject
- Astronomical clocks
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 33198
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33198
- Release Date
- July 18, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, Louise Pattison, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) — Transcriber’s Note: — SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 240 — Contributions from The Museum of History and Technology : Paper 35 The Borghesi Astronomical Clock In the Museum of History and Technology
- 2.The Borghesi Astronomical Clock In the Museum of History and Technology — Development of Astronomical Clocks — Designer Borghesi — Clockmaker Bertolla — First Borghesi Clock — PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST CLOCK — Second Borghesi Clock — THE DIAL-PLATE ENGRAVINGS — THE INSCRIPTIONS — CENTER DIAL INSCRIPTIONS — INDICATORS IN THE FRONTISPIECE — THE CHAPTER-RING ASSEMBLY — ATTACHMENTS FOR ADJUSTMENT — THE CLOCK MOVEMENT — THE BELLS — CHRONOGRAMS — PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND CLOCK — Borghesian Theory of the Universe — Last Years — The Clocks of Bartolomeo Antonio Bertolla — FOOTNOTES: — Appendix SYNOPSIS OF THE COMPLETE MECHANICAL WORKS OF THE FIRST CLOCK — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — BIBLIOGRAPHY — Index — Transcriber's Note
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