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Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI).

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Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI).

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Title
Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI).
Additional title: Fabricare un horiuolo, che si muova perpetuamente senza mai caricarlo, e con ogni esatezza mostri, e suoni le hore.
Names
Lana Terzi, Francesco, 1631-1687 (Author)
Collection

Prodromo: ouero, Saggio di alcune inuentioni nuoue premesso all'Arte maestra, opera che prepara il p. Francesco Lana Bresciano della Compagnia di Giesv

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1670
Place: Brescia
Publisher: Rizzardi
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KB+ 1670 (Lana Terzi, F. Prodromo)
Topics
Inventions
Clocks & watches
Genres
Design drawings
Drawings
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
Italian
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 8851349
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14387140
Library of Congress Control Number: 30028119
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1db89150-c6b6-012f-3efa-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1631: Creator Born
  • 1670: Issued
  • 1687: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI)." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1670. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f3c8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI)." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f3c8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1670). Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI). Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f3c8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Construction of a clock that moves perpetually without ever needing to be wound up, and shows and sounds the hours with exact precision (fig. XVI).