The Measurement of Time

FURTHER READING

A. Aveni, ‘Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks and Cultures’ (New York, 1989)

J. A. Bennett, ‘The Divided Circle: A History of Instruments for Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying’ (Oxford, 1987)

J. Betts, ‘Harrison’ (London, 2007)

A. Borst, ‘The Ordering of Time: From the Ancient Computus to the Modern Computer’ Engl. transl by A. Winnard, (Cambridge, 1983)

Eric Bruton, ‘The History of Clocks and Watches’ (Orbis, 1979, or Macdonald & Co, 1989, or Little, Brown & Co., 2000)

F. J. Britten, ‘Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers’ (Pub Marketing Enterprises, 1973)

Clutton & Daniels, ‘Watches’ (Batsford, 1965)

R. J. Drummond, ‘The Evolution of Clockwork’ (London, 1931)

S. L. Gibbs, ‘Greek and Roman Sundials’ (New Haven and London, 1976)

E. Grant, ‘Planets, Stars and Orbs: Medieval Cosmology, 1200-1687’ (Cambridge, 1994)

H. Higton, ‘Sundials: An Illustrated History of Portable Dials’ (London, 2001)

D. Howse, ‘Greenwich Time and the Longitude’ 2nd edn (London, 1977)

H. C. King, ‘Geared to the Stars: The Evolution of Planetariums, Orreries and Astronomical Clocks’ (Toronto, 1979)

D. Landes, ‘Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of the Modern World’ (London, 1983)

J. D. Robertson, ‘The Evolution of Clockwork’ (London, 1931)

D. J. Warner, ‘The Sky Explored: Celestial Cartography 1500-1800’ (New York, 1979)