Man has marked the passage of the hours for centuries, and the history of measuring time goes back at least to the Ancient Egyptians. Horology is a fascinating hobby: All clocks can be admired simply as things of beauty or studied mechanically.
Finely crafted with breathtaking precision, the clocks of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are among the most beautiful ever made. the works of Thomas Tompion and John Harrison, two of the foremost clockmakers of the era, are outstanding both as aesthetic objects and as scientific horological masterpieces. Technology has wrought is own changes on the design of timepieces: recently, electrification and quartz technology have miniaturized clocks and ensured that accuracy is unsurpassed. Clocks is an enthralling study of timepieces through the ages. In illuminating text accompanied by photographs of some of the world's most beautiful and intricate clocks.
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