The best reference on geared astronomical machines, including monumental clocks
such the Prague clock is:
King, Henry C., "Geared to the Stars", University of Toronto Press (1978).
(The late professor King also wrote "The History of the Telescope".)
This book has a fairly detailed description o
Dear Dialists,
I´d like to recommend a quite phantastic book to all friends of astronomical
clocks:
Hans Scheurenbrand, Michael Schwarz and Hermann-Michael Hahn:
Festo Harmonices Mundi
Konstruktion, Funktion, Präzision
(in German language)
A first impression you can get on following web sites
Thanks to Willy and his magical excel, I tried to compare with my photos, you
can see here:
http://horloge.astronomique.free.fr/horloges-europe.html
(sorry only French comments)
We can see that Italic hours were not correct in 1995 but are correct now.
Have fun also with your photos !
Joël
48°0
The drawings are beautiful, and now, thanks to the English
translation, I can actually understand the clock's functions!
Has anyone ever documented the mechanism that controls the
interrelated movements? Having built a (mechanical) timepiece that
incorporates the day-to-year ratio, I'm curio
Hi everyone,
John Moir of BSS has been trying to contact me but
his last telephone message was cut off 'bing' by my answer-phone
halfway through his email address. Can anyone put me in touch with John
please?
Thanks in anticipation
Tony Moss
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