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Clocks and watches - History

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    Observations on the earliest introduction of clocks / By Daines Barrington in a letter to Justice Blackstone.

    Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800. | Date: [1779?]
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    The Country Life book of watches / T.P. Camerer Cuss.

    Cuss, T. P. Camerer (Theodore Patrick Camerer) | Date: [1967]
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    Il mirabile orologio di Mantova e diciannove disegni inediti del 1706 : le ore medie, lo zodiaco, le fasi lunari, le ore planetarie, le previsioni astrali, caratteri e attività degli umani, regole per scoprire i ladri / Rodolfo Signorini.

    Signorini, Rodolfo. | Date: 2011
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    History of the hour : clocks and modern temporal orders / Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum ; translated by Thomas Dunlap.

    Dohrn-van Rossum, Gerhard, 1947- | Date: [1996], ©1996
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    God's clockmaker : Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time / John North.

    North, John David. | Date: 2005
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