Document Details Catalogo - Museo di Storia della Scienza - Firenze:
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- Title: Catalogo - Museo di Storia della Scienza - Firenze
- Author: Mara Miniatti
- Publisher: Giunti
Keywords: catalog
Other Keywords: Firenze Florence Galileo
Language: ITA
Notes: Scholarly catalog of one of the world's leading museums of the history of science located in Firenze [Florence} Italy, including the historic collection of renaissance era scientific instruments of the Medici family, and a significan number of Galileo related artifacts. Chapter XII, page 188to 121, titled "Origine e definizione dell'orologio meccanico deals with timekeepers and is contains a 10 page essay (in Italian) by Guiseppe Brusa, and a catalog of 38 significant timekeepers, described in detail, with 29 of them illustrated in color. Other significant holdings include rich collections in sundials, astrolabes, telescopes, spheres, medical models and didactic models.
Edition: 1991, 1st edition -- Copyright: 1991
Kind: Book
Type: Timekeeper (general)
Geographic area: Italy
Topic: History
Organization: Museum
Pages: 384 -- Height in cm: 26
Print Status: 1 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: FMM
BHM No: 11472 - Publisher: Giunti
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