Document Details Richard of Wallingford - Volume II - The Life of Richard of Wallingford - Introductions and Commentaries to Text:
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- Title: Richard of Wallingford - Volume II - The Life of Richard of Wallingford - Introductions and Commentaries to Text
SubTitle: An edition of his writings, with introductions, English translation and commentary - Author: John North
- Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Keywords: astronomical complication(s) monumental/big advanced theory
Other Keywords: Wallingford St.Albans rectangulus albion astronomy
ISBN: 0 19 858139 4
Language: ENG
Notes: Volume two of the comprehensive, multi-volume scholarly edition and translation of the works of Richard of Walingford (1292-1336), the inventor and builder of the earliest fully documented complicated mechanical clock in the world, plus his biography. Clock built at convent of St.Albans UK around 1330 incorporating eliptical wheels, plnetary motion and eclipse information. Also invented the Rectangulus and the Albion, two inovative astronomical instruments.
Edition: 1976, first edition -- Copyright: 1976
Kind: Book
Type: Clock (general)
Geographic area: United Kingdom
Topic: History
Organization: Person
Pages: 387 -- Height in cm: 23
Print Status: 2 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: FMM
BHM No: 9611 - Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
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