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Autore |
Smith John <fl. 1673-1680.> |
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Titolo |
Horological disquisitions concerning the nature of time, and the reasons why all days, from noon to noon, are not alike twenty four hours long [[electronic resource] ] : in which appears the impossibility of a clock's being always kept exactly true to the sun : with tables of equation, and newer and better rules ... how thereby precisely to adjust royal pendulums ... : with a table of pendulums, shewing the beats that any length makes in an hour ... / / by John Smith ... ; to which is added The best rules for the ordering and use both of the quick-silver and spirit weather-glasses, and Mr. S. Watson's rules for adjusting a clock by the fixed stars |
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London, : Printed for Richard Cumberland ..., 1694 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Time, Equation of |
Horology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes one folded table of equations. |
"Licensed, January 17, 1693/4, D. Poplar"--P. 2. |
Reproduction of original in British Library. |
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