|
Date: |
|
Description: | Hand-coloured photograph, 20" x 13 1/2", of a miniature in a manuscript of about 1450 showing many types of timekeeper. Original featured in 'L'Horloge de Sapience', 1450 in the Royal Library of Belgium. Depicted is an astrolabe; weight-driven mechanical clock, four types portable sundials and a spring-driven table clock (earliest known example of this mechanism) | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph | Temporal: | 1964 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1964-308 | Go to resource |
|
|