The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology: Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35Bedini, Silvio A.
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The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology: Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35
Bedini, Silvio A.
Astronomical clocks
VON BERTELE, HANS. The development of equation clocks. _La
Suisse Horologere_ (1959-1961), parts 1 through 5.
WENHAM, EDWARD. Tall case clocks. _The Antiquarian Magazine_
(May 1927), vol. 8, no. 4, p. 33. [The Borghesi clock is
illustrated only from a photograph of the Anderson Art
Galleries in New York, and mislabeled "Astronomical Clock made
in Jena, 1656, in elaborate mahogany case."]
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1964
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office Washington, D.C. 20402--Price 70 cents
Index
Aristarchus of Samos, 54
Bertolla, Alessandro, 65
Bertolla, Bartolomeo Antonio, 31, 34, 36, 47, 51, 52, 57, 62, 63
Borghesi, Father Francesco, 31, 70, 71
Brahe, Tycho, 54
Butzjaeger, Johann Georg, 36, 37
Charles VI, Emperor of Austria, 32
Cles, Baron of, 57, 59
Copernicus, 54
Di Noris, Cristoforo Sizzo, 59
Evelyn, John, 32
Francis I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, 42, 44, 52, 58
Hahn, Father Philipp Matthaeus, 33
Klein, Father ----, 33
Lippi, Fra Lippo, 42
Longomontanus, Christian Severin, 54
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 31, 41, 42, 44, 57, 58
Meton, 48
Monauni, Giovanni Battista, 40, 52
Philolaus, 54
Ptolemy, 54
Pythagoras, 54
Quare, Daniel, 32
Riciolus, 54
San Cajetano, Brother David a, 33
San Daniele, Father Aurelianus a, 33
Sully, Henry, 32
Tompion, Thomas, 32
Tovazzi, Giangrisostomo, 57, 58
Williamson, Dowe, 32
Williamson, Joseph, 32
Winters, Father S. X., S.J., 42
Winz, Johann Christian, 36, 37
Wisshofer, Peter, 36, 37
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Transcriber's note:
Footnotes have been moved to the end of the main section of the paper,
and illustrations have been moved to eliminate breaks in paragraphs. Two
'side bar' sections set off from the main text in the original are
indicated by lines of asterisks before and after the side bar. Minor
punctuation errors have been corrected without note. The following
typographical errors have been corrected:
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