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Sundials of the British Isles Ref: B0955115507
Published: 2005
Pages: 258
Hardback
ISBN: 0955115507X
This book takes us on a journey to every corner of our Islands to visit sundials chosen by local experts. On the way we encounter interesting buildings, stately homes, churches and beautiful scenery.
Many of us think of a sundial as an object on a pedistal in the garden but in these pages you will learn of the wide diversity of dial design and the variety of materials from which they may be constructed. The historical period covered spans from Saxon times to the present day.
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in dials leading modern dialmakers to produce some fascinating and often innovative designs.
Price: £48.50
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Understanding the Astrolabe Ref: B095455907X
Author: John Locke
Published: 2003
Pages: 57
Paperback
ISBN: 095455907X
This title describes how the astrolabe is designed and how it is used. It includes an outline of the origins of this ancient observational instrument and versatile analogue computer.
Price: £7.50
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The Astrolabe World Emphemis Ref: B0924608234
Author: Robert Hand
Published: 1998
Pages: 606
Paperback
ISBN: 0924608234
This book features longitudes and declinations for the sun, moon, planets, Chiron, and the Asteroids. Combining reading ease, clarity and 21st-century accuracy and precision of data, these ephemeris provide a convenient reference book for astrological calculation.
Price: £24.95
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Compass Ref: B0393327132
Author: Alan Gurney
Published: 2005
Pages: 320
Paperback
ISBN: 0393327132
Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the magnetic compass—so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with it had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger.
Price: £9.99
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The Riddle of the Compass Ref: B0156007533
Author: Amir Aczel
Published: 2002
Pages: 208
Paperback
ISBN: 0156007533
The story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece of metal was suspended in water, it always pointed north.
Price: £11.99
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The Universe Unveiled Ref: B05217914X
- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Author: Bruce Stephenson
Published: 2000
Pages: 152
Hardback
ISBN: 05217914X
A richly illustrated and very readable account of the instruments, books, and maps astronomers have created through the ages to decipher the Universe.
Price: £20.00
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Scientific Instruments 1500 - 1900 Ref: B0856674915
Author: Gerard Turner
Published: 2001
Pages: 144
Hardback
ISBN: 0856674915
Price: £19.95
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Sundials Ref: B0856675237
Author: Hester Higton
Published: 2003
Pages: 160
Hardback
ISBN: 0856675237
An examination of the portable sundials used as timekeepers for three millennia. It is structured chronologically, with individual chapters covering particular periods of history. The focus is on the sundials themselves, but much reference is made to social, political and economic history.
Price: £29.95
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The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy Ref: B0195095391
Author: James Evans
Published: 1998
Pages: 494
Hardback
ISBN: 0195095391
A study of the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with emphasis on the Greek period. The book explores the evidence for the astronomy of the ancient past and how astronomy was practised. Emphasis is placed on the material culture of ancient astronomy.
Price: £29.95
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