The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550-1770 by Desborough, Jane

The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550-1770 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030153526)

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The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550-1770 by Desborough, Jane

The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550-1770

$99.99
The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550-1770 by Desborough, Jane

The Changing Face of Early Modern Time, 1550-1770

$99.99
Format: Hardcover
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Explores the changing use of clocks and watches from 1550-1770 to offer new insights into early modern perceptions of time
Focuses on the design of dials, showing how their shifting functions and appearances are central to knowledge transmission during this period
Considers the wider context of literature, emotion and temporality, connecting changing ideas about time with other aspects of early modern culture


Author: Jane Desborough
ISBN-10: 3030153525
ISBN-13: 9783030153526
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2019
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.00d
By Jane Desborough
By Jane Desborough
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Jane Desborough is Curator of Scientific Instruments at the Science Museum in London, where she manages the museum's Time Measurement collection. She has worked in a curatorial capacity in museums since 2008 and completed her PhD thesis in the History of Science in 2016. She is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers and an Associate Member of the Museums Association.

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