Horological disquisitions concerning the nature of time, and the reasons why all days, from noon to noon, are not alike twenty four hours long in which appears the impossibility of a clock's being always kept exactly true to the sun : with tables of equation, and newer and better rules ... how thereby precisely to adjust royal pendulums ... : with a table of pendulums, shewing the beats that any length makes in an hour ... / by John Smith ... ; to which is added The best rules for the ordering and use both of the quick-silver and spirit weather-glasses, and Mr. S. Watson's rules for adjusting a clock by the fixed stars.
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| dc.contributor.author | Smith, John, fl. 1673-1680. |
| dc.coverage.placeName | London |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-25 |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-25T14:30:48Z |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-25T14:30:48Z |
| dc.date.created | 1694 |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-12 |
| dc.identifier | ota:A60473 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/A60473 |
| dc.description.abstract | Includes one folded table of equations. "Licensed, January 17, 1693/4, D. Poplar"--P. 2. Reproduction of original in British Library. |
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| dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Time, Equation of -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Horology -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.title | Horological disquisitions concerning the nature of time, and the reasons why all days, from noon to noon, are not alike twenty four hours long in which appears the impossibility of a clock's being always kept exactly true to the sun : with tables of equation, and newer and better rules ... how thereby precisely to adjust royal pendulums ... : with a table of pendulums, shewing the beats that any length makes in an hour ... / by John Smith ... ; to which is added The best rules for the ordering and use both of the quick-silver and spirit weather-glasses, and Mr. S. Watson's rules for adjusting a clock by the fixed stars. |
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| identifier.stc | Wing S4106 |
| identifier.stc | ESTC R17047 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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