9780802015679 - Sundials: History, Theory and Practice de Rohr, Rene R.J. (7 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 1970. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips. No DJ. Brown embossed paper over boards with cream cloth overlay on the spine with black lettering on the spine. Gold sundial illustrated endpapers. 142 pp 8vo oblong. The story of man's efforts to measure time is a long one ? reaching back thousands of years to the dawn of civilization. Among the earliest instruments developed for telling time was the sundial. In this study, a noted sundial expert offers a fascinating and informative account of these ancient devices, presented in simple, lively language. Over the centuries, many different varieties of sundials have been constructed, and the author provides detailed, accurate descriptions of them all: classical sundials, inclined dials, solar calendars, analemmatic dials, moon dials, and many more. There is even a chapter devoted to especially remarkable dials past and present, and a listing of the most popular sundial mottoes. In this profusely illustrated volume, you will not only learn about the long and colorful history of the sundial, you will learn a practical method of building one yourself. No special knowledge is required, other than an understanding of the basic principles of cosmography and of the relative movements of the sun and the planets. For mathematically inclined readers, more complex formula and calculations have been included, some of which have never been printed in a book of gnomonics. A clean very presentable copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good -. 1st Edition. Book.

Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original brown paper dust-jacket with sun-dial design on the front, small closed tear along spine edge and a touch sunned along the spine, now neat in clear protective cover. Cream linen over the spine with black titles. Brown paper covered boards, the same sun-dial design imprinted on the front. Minor wear at spine foot. Attractive previous owner's book plate inside the front. Pages smooth and clean. A sheet of hand written notes and calculations and a graph attached to page 131 of the tables section at the rear. A very carefully used book. May incur additional postage charges overseas.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very good. Originally published in 1965 as Les Cadrans solaires. x, 142 p. 22 x 26 cm. 105 figures in b&w. Colour illustration on title page. Beige cloth with brown paper boards in dustjacket. Jacket has tear at bottom front, a little light wear and a few marks elsewhere. Foreword by Henri Michel.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. oblong 4to. pp. x, 142. 51 b/w illus. & 105 diagrams. biblio. index. quarter-cloth. dw. (2 short tears to front). First Edition of the English Translation by Gabriel Godin, originally published in 1965 as Les Cadrans solaires by Gauthier-Villars.