Church Clocks - Couverture souple

Rock, Hugh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 074780687X ISBN 13 : 9780747806875

Editeur : Shire Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Since the medieval period, mechanical clocks located in churches across Britain have told the time to local communities, or displayed the phases of the moon and the heavens on an elaborate astrological face. Focusing on some of the most noteworthy church clocks in Britain, and the intriguing stories behind them, this book traces the history of church clocks from the wealthy abbeys and cathedrals of the medieval period, through the gentle developments and refinements that made clocks more accurate and easier to maintain, to the electronic movements of the present day that are steadily making redundant historic clocks that have served for centuries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hugh Rock is a former manufacturer of organic soft drinks. A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, he is interested in making things and how things were made, particularly during the great flourishing of industry in Victorian times. He is the author of a Shire title on pub beer mugs and glasses.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shire Publications
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 074780687X
• ISBN 13: 9780747806875
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64
• Coordonnées du fabricant: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italie