The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia

by Silvio A. Bedini

Book Overview

This book is a scholarly study of a virtually unknown aspect of the history of horology (timekeeping), compiled from Chinese and Japanese historical and literary records, some of which are translated and published here for the first time. Incense timekeepers played an important role in early Chinese social and technological history, in addition to their use for time measurement. They were used in temples for religious rites, in agricultural regions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021634
• ISBN13: 9780521021630
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.7"