Heavenly Clockwork: The Great Astronomical Clocks of Medieval China

by Derek J. De Solla Price, Ling Wang, Joseph Needham, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521087163
• ISBN13: 9780521087162
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.7"