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Marine and Pocket Chronometers
Hans Von Bertele
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Description for Marine and Pocket Chronometers
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 color and 269 b/w photos. BIC Classification: TDPB1; WCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 241 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2320.
CHRONOMETERS - Marine and pocket chronometers, pocket watches with tourbillons or carousels form, in the large family of clocks, a small group of very precisely running timepieces with little sensitivity to external influences, such as variations in temperature. In the text, the author takes up the fascinating development and history of the chronometer, portrays the most important manufactures in short biographies, and reports on the great voyages of discovery in the 18th Century that proved the utility of the chronometer as a navigational instrument. The illustration section, divided into five sections on the basis of historical and technical standpoints, portays ... Read more
CHRONOMETERS - Marine and pocket chronometers, pocket watches with tourbillons or carousels form, in the large family of clocks, a small group of very precisely running timepieces with little sensitivity to external influences, such as variations in temperature. In the text, the author takes up the fascinating development and history of the chronometer, portrays the most important manufactures in short biographies, and reports on the great voyages of discovery in the 18th Century that proved the utility of the chronometer as a navigational instrument. The illustration section, divided into five sections on the basis of historical and technical standpoints, portays ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887403033
SKU
V9780887403033
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
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