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Sundials: History, Theory, and Practice

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 | #1049384 in Books |  1996-07-09 |  1996-07-09 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .45 x11.19 x8.00l,1.04 | File type: PDF | 176 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| I stuck a stick in the sand at the beach and thought I had a sundial. But since it isn't that simple I had to buy this book.|By Peter|Serious sundials are serious instruments.
The first serious instruments of mankind, and they endured for three millennia, well into the 20th century, as the bedrock of timekeeping.

They are deceptive in their apparent simplicit|From Library Journal|First published in English in 1970, Rohr's volume traces a history of sundials as well as the science behind their operation. Along with measuring time, some of these devices also followed the movements of the moon and were accurate solar ca

"His lively pen, his direct and simple style, his expressive vocabulary, his avoidance of pedantry, his conciseness in the exposition of his thoughts make his book a pleasure to read." — Henri Michel, International Academy of the History of Science
The story of man's efforts to measure time is a long one — reaching back thousands of years to the dawn of civilization. Among the earliest instruments developed for telling time was the sundial. In this expe...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Sundials: History, Theory, and Practice   |  René R.J. Rohr. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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